Psalms 31:18

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“May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.”

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BSBPD

“May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 31:18 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:16And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
  3. Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
  4. Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
  5. Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
  6. Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
  7. Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
  8. Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
  9. Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
  10. Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
  11. Psalms 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
  12. Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
  13. Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  14. Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  15. Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
  16. Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
  17. John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  18. John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
  19. Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
  20. Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
  21. Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
  22. Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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