Psalm 12:5

Tree of Life Version

They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”

Cross References

Job 5:15

But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches of the mighty.

Job 5:21

You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and not fear when violence comes.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, Adonai! O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted.

Psalm 10:18

You vindicate the orphan and oppressed, so that man, who is earthly, may terrify no more.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are secure at all times. He haughtily disregards Your judgments. He snorts at all his adversaries.

Psalm 31:19

Let the lying lips be mute. For they speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Psalm 34:6

They who looked to Him were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.

Psalm 73:8

They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter. Power is in the hand of their oppressors, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.

Isaiah 19:20

It will be as a sign and a witness to Adonai-Tzva’ot in the land of Egypt. For they will cry to Adonai because of oppressors, and He will send them a savior and defender—and he will deliver them.

Isaiah 33:10

“Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.

Ezekiel 18:18

“As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery from his brother and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

Hosea 7:16

They will turn back—only not upwards. They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence with their tongues. This will be for their ridicule in the land of Egypt.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Judges 10:16

Then they removed the foreign gods from among them, and worshipped Adonai. So His soul could not bear the misery of Israel.