Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
General references
Bible References
Tongue
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 64:3
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Psalm 120:3
What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
One
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 20:9
And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalm 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalm 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Proverbs 26:24
He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him.
Matthew 26:48
Now the man who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him.
General references
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.