Psalms 140:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

ʾăšer ḥāšəḇû rāʿôt in-lēḇ all-yôm yāgûrû milḥāmôt

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*ḥāšəḇû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural verb - they devised/planned
*rāʿôt*: feminine plural noun - evils/evil things
*lēḇ*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - heart
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefixed kol (all/every) - day
*yāgûrû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural verb - they stir up/gather
*milḥāmôt*: feminine plural noun - wars/battles

Word Meanings

*ḥāšəḇû*: they planned/they devised/they imagined
*rāʿôt*: evils/wickedness/evil things
*lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner self
*yāgûrû*: they stir up/they gather/they incite
*milḥāmôt*: wars/battles/conflicts

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 58:4 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth{H8686)} her ear;
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Gen 3:13 : 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Ps 52:2-3 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest{H8804)} evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak{H8763)} righteousness. Selah.
Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Prov 23:32 : 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Isa 59:13 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Jer 9:3 : 3 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.
Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Rom 3:13-14 : 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Jas 3:6-8 : 6 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. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Rom 3:13-15
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13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Ps 64:3-4
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81%
3Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
Ps 58:4
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4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth{H8686)} her ear;
Ps 140:2
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2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
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 140:9
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9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 52:2-4
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77%
2Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
3Thou lovest{H8804)} evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak{H8763)} righteousness. Selah.
4Thou lovest{H8804)} all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
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12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.
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 73:9
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9They set{H8804)} their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh{H8799)} through the earth.
Ps 62:4
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4They only consult{H8804)} to cast him down{H8687)} from his excellency: they delight{H8799)} in lies: they bless{H8762)} with their mouth, but they curse{H8762)} inwardly. Selah.
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7Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
Deut 32:33
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33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Job 20:16
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16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Ps 109:2
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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.
Prov 24:2
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2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
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3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
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3And 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.
Ps 64:7-8
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7But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8So they shall make their own tongue to fall{H8686)} upon themselves: all that see{H8802)} them shall flee away{H8709)}.
Jas 3:8
72%
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Ps 12:2-3
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2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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3They have taken crafty{H8686)} counsel against thy people, and consulted{H8691)} against thy hidden ones{H8803)}.
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32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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4My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
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18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Ps 17:10-11
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10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 38:12
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12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 57:6
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6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
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10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
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22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
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20For they speak not peace: but they devise{H8799)} deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Jer 9:5
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5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Ps 55:21
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21The words of his mouth were smoother{H8804)} than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer{H8804)} than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Eccl 10:11
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11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ps 37:14
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.