Psalm 140:3

Prayer For Rescue

² For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. ³ Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.) ⁴ O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

Selah

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Genesis 3:13

And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

Psalm 52:2-3

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Psalm 59:7

See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

Psalm 64:3-4

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

Isaiah 59:3-5

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

Isaiah 59:13

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Jeremiah 9:3

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

Romans 3:13-14

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

James 3:6-8

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.