Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
General references
Bible References
General references
Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 55:21
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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 120:3
What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, O false tongue?
Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
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.