Psalms 55:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 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.
  • Prov 5:3-4 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart. 26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 ¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, ‹Thou hast said.›
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 ¶ And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
  • John 13:2 : 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

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    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

  • Ps 120:7
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    7I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    71%

    22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

    23¶ Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.

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  • Job 20:12-13
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    70%

    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

    13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

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    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Isa 49:2
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    2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 59:7
    70%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Job 20:24-25
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    70%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.

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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ezek 21:11
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    11And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

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    69%

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

  • Job 39:23
    69%

    23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

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    69%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

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    69%

    21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 12:20
    69%

    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • Prov 26:26
    69%

    26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
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    35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

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    68%

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

  • Ps 62:4
    68%

    4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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    22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • Ps 45:5
    68%

    5Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.

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    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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    12For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

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    24¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.