Psalms 59:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?””
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“See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords <FI>are<Fi> in their lips, for `Who heareth?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 59:7 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
- Lamentations 3:62the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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