Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psalms 12:2 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Psalms 12:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 12 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. a double: Heb. an heart and an heart”
Psalms 12:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. This verse specifies the godlessness lamented in verse 1, focusing on corrupt speech characterized by emptiness, flattery, and duplicity. When faithfulness disappears, language becomes weaponized for selfish ends rather than used for truth and building relationships."They speak vanity" (shav yedabberu, שָׁוְא יְדַבְּרוּ) uses shav meaning emptiness, falsehood, deception, worthlessness—the same word used in the Third Commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 12:2
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“Jesus Christ”
“but in his heart he lays wait for him.”
“he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad”
“deceit”
“Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.”
“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.”
“with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors”
“unstable in all his ways.”
“as you know”
“when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul”