Psalm 31:18 “May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the…”

Psalm 31:18

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

World English Bible

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

American Standard Version

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

Darby Translation

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Young's Literal Translation

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Bible in Basic English

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

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Cross references

“the lying”

Isaiah 54:17 John 8:44 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15 Psalm 12:3 Psalm 59:12

Isaiah 54:17 · BSB

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15 · BSB

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Psalm 12:3 · BSB

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

Psalm 59:12 · BSB

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

“speak”

1 Samuel 2:3 Matthew 12:24 John 8:48 Acts 25:7 2 Chronicles 32:16 Isaiah 37:22–24

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.

Matthew 12:24 · BSB

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

John 8:48 · BSB

The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”

Acts 25:7 · BSB

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

2 Chronicles 32:16 · BSB

And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

Isaiah 37:22–24 · BSB

this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

“grievous things”

Psalm 94:4 Jude 1:15

Psalm 94:4 · BSB

They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

Jude 1:15 · BSB

to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

Also

Psalm 120:2

Psalm 120:2 · BSB

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

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

In context

17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

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