Psalm 12:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

Cross References

Job 5:15

But he saves the poor from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not fear approaching ruin.

Psalm 10:12

Rise up, Lord! God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the poor!

Psalm 10:18

You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again.

Psalm 10:5

Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them.

Psalm 31:19

Strike dumb their lying lips, which speak arrogantly against the righteous in contempt and scorn.

Psalm 34:6

Look to him and be radiant, and your faces may not blush for shame.

Psalm 73:8

They scoff and spout their malice; from on high they utter threats.

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.”

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor revile their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who choose one shall eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.

Isaiah 19:20

This will be a sign and witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt, so that when they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior to defend and deliver them.

Isaiah 33:10

Now I will rise up, says the Lord, now exalt myself, now lift myself up.

Ezekiel 18:18

Only the father, since he committed extortion and robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people—he will die because of his sin!

Hosea 7:16

They have again become useless, they have been like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongues; thus they shall be mocked in the land of Egypt.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Judges 10:16

And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the Lord, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel.