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Psalms 144:8

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Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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  1. Psalms 12:2Rank 1 from verse 8
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  2. Isaiah 44:20Rank 2 from verse 8
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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  3. Psalms 41:6Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  4. Psalms 62:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:40Rank 5 from verse 8
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    40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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Psalms 144:8

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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falsehood

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What is contrary to truth: a lie, deceit, unfaithfulness, or false appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

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