“The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:”
Psalms 12:3 (KJV) |
Psalms 12:3
From Psalms 12, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).
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1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.