Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
General references
Bible References
That
Proverbs 25:18
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Psalm 57:4
I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.
Psalm 59:7
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
James 3:6
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
General references
Proverbs 25:18
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.