Psalm 12:3 “May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.”

Psalm 12:3

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

World English Bible

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

American Standard Version

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

Darby Translation

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Bible in Basic English

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

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Cross references

“cut”

Job 32:22

Job 32:22 · BSB

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

“tongue”

Daniel 7:8 Revelation 13:5 Psalm 17:10 Exodus 15:9 1 Samuel 2:3 Ezekiel 28:2

Daniel 7:8 · BSB

While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of a…

Revelation 13:5 · BSB

The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

Psalm 17:10 · BSB

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

Exodus 15:9 · BSB

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

1 Samuel 2:3 · BSB

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

Ezekiel 28:2 · BSB

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though yo…

“proud”

Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs 18:21 · BSB

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

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