Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Bible References
That
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
General references
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.