Psalm 120:4

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Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

This is what she said to him: "That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.