Psalm 31:18
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
דָּמַם
dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
זוּד
zûwd
to seethe; figuratively, to be insolent
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּמַם dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Study H1826 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have sp...
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous...
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
For 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.
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
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