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Psalms 31:18

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

KJV

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

ASV

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל אֵ֭בוֹשָׁה כִּ֣י קְרָאתִ֑י/ךָ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יִדְּמ֥וּ לִ/שְׁאֽוֹל

Hebrew

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

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִדָּ֑מּוּ
ydmv
verb · 29×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For He saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • 2Chr 32:16 — And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
  • 2Kgs 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald
  • Acts 25:7 — And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
  • Isa 37:22 — This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Isa 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • Jude 1:15 — To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have sp
  • Matt 12:24 — But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
  • Obad 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit
  • Prov 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Ps 5:10 — Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
  • Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  • Ps 12:3 — The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
  • Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 63:11 — But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
  • Ps 63:11 — But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 94:4 — How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
  • Ps 94:4 — How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Ps 120:2 — Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 123:3 — Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
  • Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Rev 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.