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%

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

    5 They 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%

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

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

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Jer 9:8
    79%

    8 Their 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%

    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 37:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 The 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.

    15 Their 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%

    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 120:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 59:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 52:2
    75%

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

  • Ps 7:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 73:9
    74%

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

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12 For 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%

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

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

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

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

  • Lam 3:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

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

  • Ps 55:21
    72%

    21 The 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%

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

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    72%

    3 How 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.

    4 They 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%

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

  • Deut 32:23
    71%

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

  • Ps 109:2
    71%

    2 For 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%

    9 For 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%

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

  • Ps 58:4
    71%

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

  • Ps 140:9
    71%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    71%

    12 Those 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%

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

  • Ps 45:5
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:12
    70%

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

  • Ps 83:3
    70%

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

  • Ps 41:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:18
    70%

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

  • Ps 17:11
    70%

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

  • Isa 5:28
    70%

    28 Whose 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%

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