Psalm 12:4

New American Bible - revised edition

May the Lord cut off all deceiving lips, and every boastful tongue,

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so as to seat himself in the temple of God, claiming that he is a god—

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh answered, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Daniel 3:15

Now, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I made, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, then all will be well; if not, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?”

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I become a wilderness to Israel, a land of gloom? Why then do my people say, “We have moved on, we will not come to you any more”?

Genesis 3:5

God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil.”

Psalm 140:12

Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the just yields wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.