A moment in scripture
Psalms 12:3
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The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 12:1
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Psalms 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
- Psalms 12:5
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.