Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Bend
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Bible References
Whet
Psalm 57:4
My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 30:14
[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
Isaiah 54:17
Every weapon formed against you shall not succeed, and you shall declare guilty every tongue [that] rises against you for judgment. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, and their {legal right} from me," {declares} Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue [like] their bow, [for] falsehood and not truth is superior in the land, for they go forth from evil to evil, and they do not know me," {declares} Yahweh.
James 3:6
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.
Bend
Psalm 11:2
For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.
Psalm 58:7
Let them run [away] like water [that] runs off. [When] he bends [the bow], let his arrows [be] as though they were cut off.
General references
Genesis 49:23
{The archers} fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows [at him] and were hostile to him.