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Psalms 64:3

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Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

Who whet {H8150}{H8804)} their tongue {H3956} like a sword {H2719}, and bend {H1869}{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows {H2671}, even bitter {H4751} words {H1697}:

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrows, poisoned words,

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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Cross-References

  • James 3:6 (5 votes)

    And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

  • James 3:8 (5 votes)

    But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Psalms 57:4 (5 votes)

    My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Psalms 58:7 (5 votes)

    Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

  • Psalms 11:2 (4 votes)

    For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Jeremiah 9:3 (4 votes)

    And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

  • Proverbs 12:18 (4 votes)

    ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.