Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalm 57:4
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 59:7
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Psalm 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them,
And healing and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into hardship,
But a faithful ambassador brings healing.
Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,
But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain];
But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Daniel 11:33
They who are wise and have spiritual insight among the people will instruct many and help them understand; yet for many days some [of them and their followers] will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by
Revelation 1:16
In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword [of judgment]; and His face [reflecting His majesty and the
Revelation 22:2
in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
General references
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).