Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
KJV
quamdiu ponam consilia in anima mea ; dolorem in corde meo per diem ?
Vulgate
Ἕως πότε, Κύριε, ἐπιλήσῃ μου εἰς τέλος; ἕως πότε ἀποστρέψεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ;
LXX
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
ASV
הוֹשִׁ֣יעָ/ה יְ֭הוָה כִּי גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ/בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
adjective · 33×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִגְמָר
ygmr
verb · 5×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
פַ֥סּוּ
psv
verb · 1×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 12:33 — Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
- 1Thess 2:5 — For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
- 1Tim 3:8 — Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- Acts 12:22 — And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
- Dan 11:27 — And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Ezek 12:24 — For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
- Gen 29:19 — And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
- Isa 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
- Jas 1:8 — A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
- Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- Jer 9:2 — Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
- Jer 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
- Jer 9:8 — Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
- Jer 9:8 — Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
- Jer 12:6 — For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee
- Job 17:5 — He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Job 32:22 — For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
- Judg 16:6 — And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
- Matt 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Prov 7:21 — With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Prov 20:19 — He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
- Prov 23:7 — For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- Prov 26:25 — When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Ps 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- Ps 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Ps 41:6 — And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
- Ps 41:6 — And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
- Ps 52:1 — Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
- Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Ps 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- Ps 144:8 — Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Ps 144:8 — Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Ps 144:11 — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: