Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows


who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.
Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

They open their mouths wide against me and say,
“Aha, aha! We saw it!”
Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsDespising PeopleSeeing Situations

My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”
Verse ConceptsGossipDesire For DeathNames Blotted OutFamily Death

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows


For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.
Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever! Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.
Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.
Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever! Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.
Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things