Psalms 55:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, & their tongue a sharpe sworde.
  • Prov 5:3-4 : 3 For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle. 4 But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite. 25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart. 26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Then Iudas which betraied him, answered and sayde, Is it I, Master? He sayde vnto him, Thou hast sayd it.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should faine themselues iust men, to take him in his talke, and to deliuer him vnto the power and authoritie of the gouernour. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither doest thou accept mans person, but teachest the way of God truly.
  • John 13:2 : 2 And when supper was done (and that the deuill had now put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, to betray him)
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

  • Ps 64:3
    72%

    3Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.

  • Ps 120:7
    72%

    7I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

    3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    71%

    22The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

    23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Job 20:12-13
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    70%

    12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

    13And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

  • Isa 10:7
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    7But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

    15But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

  • Isa 49:2
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    2And hee hath made my mouth like a sharpe sworde: vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he hid mee, and made me a chosen shafte, and hid me in his quiuer,

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 59:7
    70%

    7Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Job 20:24-25
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    70%

    24He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shal strike him through.

    25The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, & shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

  • Prov 24:2
    69%

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Ezek 21:11
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    11And he hath giuen it to be fourbished, that he may handle it: this sword is sharpe, & is fourbished, that he may giue it into ye hand of the slayer.

  • Prov 12:18
    69%

    18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

  • Job 39:23
    69%

    23(39:26) Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Prov 15:1
    69%

    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Job 41:21
    69%

    21(41:12) His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 12:20
    69%

    20Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.

  • Prov 26:26
    69%

    26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    69%

    35He teacheth mine handes to fight, so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

  • Ps 52:4
    68%

    4Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

  • Ps 12:2
    68%

    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

  • Ps 55:22
    68%

    22Cast thy burden vpon the Lorde, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5Thine arrowes are sharpe to pearce the heart of the Kings enemies: therefore the people shall fall vnder thee.

  • Prov 7:21
    68%

    21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

  • Ps 55:12
    68%

    12Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.

  • Prov 16:24
    68%

    24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

  • Ps 58:7
    68%

    7Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

  • Prov 25:18
    68%

    18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.