Psalms 64:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

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  • Ps 58:7 : 7 Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.
  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.

    5They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

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

  • Jer 9:8
    79%

    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Ps 11:2
    79%

    2For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

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

  • Rom 3:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

    15'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • Ps 58:7
    75%

    7Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.

  • Ps 120:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

    4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    3And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

  • Ps 59:7
    75%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?

  • Ps 52:2
    75%

    2Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 7:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

    13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 21:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

    12Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity.

  • Lam 3:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

    13He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Ps 55:21
    72%

    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Prov 24:2
    72%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    72%

    3How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall all be slain; as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

    4They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Prov 25:18
    71%

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Deut 32:23
    71%

    23I will heap disasters upon them; I will use up my arrows against them.

  • Ps 109:2
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 5:9
    71%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 58:4
    71%

    4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;

  • Ps 140:9
    71%

    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Ps 38:12
    71%

    12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 35:20
    71%

    20For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 45:5
    71%

    5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you.

  • Ps 37:12
    70%

    12The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Ps 83:3
    70%

    3They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones.

  • Ps 41:7
    70%

    7All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.

  • Prov 12:18
    70%

    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Ps 17:11
    70%

    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Isa 5:28
    70%

    28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • Prov 1:18
    70%

    18And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.