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Psalms 12:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁ֤וְא׀shav'falsehoodH7723 →
יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ye.da.be.Ruthey speakH1696 →
אִ֤ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
שְׂפַ֥תse.Fata lip ofH8193 →
חֲלָק֑וֹתcha.la.Kotflatteri<es>H2513 →
בְּלֵ֖בbe.Levwith a heartH3820 →
וָלֵ֣בva.Levand a heartH3820 →
יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ye.da.Be.ruthey speakH1696 →

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Proverbs 23:7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.Psalms 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.Psalms 144:8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,Proverbs 26:25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.Daniel 11:27And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.Psalms 52:1–4Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.1 Thessalonians 2:5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

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