Psalms 120:2

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“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”

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BSBPD

“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 120:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
  2. Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
  3. Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
  4. Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, be not silent.
  5. Psalms 140:1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
  6. Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
  7. Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
  8. Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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