For I do not know how to flatter— or my Maker would soon put an end to me!
Psalm 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, 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 do not know how to flatter— or my Maker would soon put an end to me!
I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor.
They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols whose images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
No one brings suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, conceiving mischief and begetting iniquity.
For even your kinsfolk and your own family, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit through the mouth. They all speak friendly words to their neighbors, but inwardly are planning to lay an ambush.
Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is proud and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,” yet you are but a mortal, and no god, though you compare your mind with the mind of a god.
Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a mortal, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you?
speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon sprawling in the midst of its channels, saying, “My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.”
He shall speak words against the Most High, shall wear out the holy ones of the Most High, and shall attempt to change the sacred seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his power for a time, two times, and half a time.
I was considering the horns, when another horn appeared, a little one coming up among them; to make room for it, three of the earlier horns were plucked up by the roots. There were eyes like human eyes in this horn, and a mouth speaking arrogantly.
You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “How have we spoken against you?”
For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.
The beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.