Bible verse

Psalm 12:2

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Psalm 12:2 · BSB

Psalm 12:2 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 12.

1 For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

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

4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

6 The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.

7 You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

8 The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

Read all of Psalm 12

Psalm 12:2 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

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