Psalms 59:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Psalms 59:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Psalms 120:3-4
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Character Constancy Deceit Deception Decision False Teachers Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-17)

David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him. I. He resolves to wait upon God (Ps. 59:9): “ Because of his strength ” (either the strength of his enemies, the fear of which drove him to God, or because of God’s strength, the hope of which drew him to God) “ Wil…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. let them even be ... taken in their pride--while evincing it--that is, to be punished for their lies, &c.