For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Psalm 12:3 - King James 2000 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaketh proud things: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting, American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things; Common English Bible Let the LORD cut off all slick-talking lips and every tongue that brags and brags, Catholic Public Domain Version How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? |
For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
They are enclosed in their own fat hearts: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
He that hates disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself;
As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria:
None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in empty words, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am a god? but you shall be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slays you.
Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Your words have been strong against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that have just escaped from them who live in error.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, holding men in admiration for the sake of advantage.
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.