Psalm 120:2

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 35:11 Parallel

Psalm 35:11 mentions 'fierce witnesses' who ask things unknown, matching the plea against lying lips.

Psalm 52:2-4 describes a tongue that devises destruction and loves deceit — a direct parallel to the deceitful tongue in Psalm 120:2.

Psalm 109:2 Parallel

Psalm 109:2 explicitly speaks of 'a lying tongue' opened against the psalmist — identical to the threat in Psalm 120:2.

Psalm 140:1-3 describes enemies with sharpened tongues and viper's poison — strong parallel to the deceitful tongue.

Psalm 52:5 Parallel

Psalm 52:5 pronounces God's judgment on the deceitful tongue of Doeg — the same kind of lips the psalmist asks to be delivered from.

In Genesis 39:17, Potiphar's wife uses lying lips to falsely accuse Joseph — the kind of deception the psalmist prays to be delivered from.

Job 15:5 Parallel

In Job 15:5, Eliphaz accuses Job of having a 'tongue of the crafty' — the same deceitful tongue the psalmist asks deliverance from.

Proverbs 6:17 lists 'a lying tongue' among things the Lord hates — directly connecting to the deceitful tongue in the psalm.

In Jeremiah 9:3, the people's tongue is described as a bow shooting lies — mirroring the 'deceitful tongue' the psalmist prays against.

In Matthew 12:34, Jesus teaches that evil speech flows from an evil heart — revealing the source of the lying lips the psalmist prays against.

Matthew 26:59 shows the council seeking false testimony against Jesus — a real-life instance of the lying lips prayed against.

In Nehemiah 6:10, Shemaiah's false warning represents deceitful lips seeking to trap Nehemiah, paralleling the psalmist's plea.

Jeremiah 9:6 Related theme

Jeremiah 9:6 speaks of 'deceit upon deceit' — the same pervasive deception the psalmist seeks deliverance from.