Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows


Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsDespising PeopleSeeing Situations

My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
Verse ConceptsGossipDesire For DeathNames Blotted OutFamily Death

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows


For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.
Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.
Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things