Psalms 64:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,”
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“who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 64:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- 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 58:7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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