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Psalms 12 (NET)
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Psalms 12:11Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 57:1Jer 5:1Matt 24:12Isa 59:13-15Isa 1:21-22Isa 63:5Ps 6:1Gen 6:12Mic 7:1-2Prov 20:6
Psalms 12:22People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 16:18Jer 9:8Ps 41:6Ps 10:7Ps 144:8Ps 5:9Jas 1:8Ps 28:31 Thess 2:5Ps 52:1-4
Psalms 12:33May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:21Dan 7:8Rev 13:5Ps 17:101 Sam 17:43-441 Sam 2:32 Kgs 19:23-242 Pet 2:18Dan 4:30-31Dan 7:25
Psalms 12:44They say, “We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:5-62 Thess 2:4Exod 5:2Job 21:14-15Jer 18:18Dan 3:15Gen 3:5Jer 2:31
Psalms 12:55“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 34:6Prov 14:31Jas 5:4Ps 146:7-8Isa 33:10Mic 7:8-9Exod 2:23-24Job 5:15Job 5:21Ps 10:12
Psalms 12:66The Lord ’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 30:5Ps 18:302 Sam 22:31Ps 19:8Ps 66:10Ps 119:140
Psalms 12:77You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:9Ps 121:81 Pet 1:5Ps 145:20Ps 37:40Deut 33:3Isa 27:3Matt 3:7Ps 10:18Ps 16:1
Psalms 12:88for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 14:63-65Ps 55:10-11Prov 29:12Hos 5:11Isa 32:4-6Judg 9:18-57Mic 6:16Dan 11:21Esth 3:6-15Job 30:8
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