Psalms 12:2

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.”

— WEB

“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.”

— KJV

“They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.”

— ASV

Romans 16:18 "For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive t…"
Jeremiah 9:8 "Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambu…"
Psalms 41:6 "If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it."
Psalms 10:7 "His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity."
Psalms 5:9 "For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue."
Psalms 144:8 "whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood."
James 1:8 "He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
Psalms 28:3 "Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts."

The want of it is illustrated by the prevalence of deceit and instability.

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