Psa 12:2-3, 55:11-12, Pro 26:24-25, Jer 12:6, Mic 7:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Everyone utters lies to his neighbor ; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak .

a Ps. 41:6; 144:8

b Ps. 5:9; Jer. 9:8; Rom. 16:18

c 1 Chr. 12:33; James 1:8

d[See ver. 2 above]

e Dan. 7:8; Rev. 13:5; [Ps. 17:10]

f[Ps. 10:7]

g Job 19:5

hSee Ps. 28:3

i[ver. 16]

j ch. 9:4; [ch. 11:19, 21]

k[See ver. 1 above]

l Prov. 26:25

m Jer. 9:4

n[Ps. 141:3]

p Ezek. 22:7; [Matt. 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53]

qCited Matt. 10:36

Psalms 12:2-3

2 Everyone ^autters lies to his neighbor;
with ^bflattering lips and ^ca double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all ^dflattering lips,
the tongue that makes ^egreat boasts,

Psalms 55:11-12

11 ruin is in its midst;
^foppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who ^gdeals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.

Proverbs 26:24-25

24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 ^hwhen he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are ⁱseven abominations in his heart;

Jeremiah 12:6

6 For ^jeven your brothers and the house of your father,
^keven they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
^ldo not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”

Micah 7:5-6

5 ^mPut no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard ⁿthe doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom}
6 for ^pthe son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
^qa man’s enemies are the men of his own house.