Proverbs 25:18

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 120:3-4

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

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Summary

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;

Poison of a viper is under their lips.

Selah.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by

hell.