Psalms 64:3

World English Bible (2000)

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

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  • Ps 58:7 : 7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. 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 is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws 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 will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me," says Yahweh.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 64:4-5
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    4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

    5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    81%

    7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

    8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

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

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Ps 11:2
    79%

    2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    78%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

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

  • Rom 3:13-15
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    78%

    13"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used 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
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    7Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

  • Ps 120:3-4
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    3What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

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

  • Jer 9:3
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    3They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.

  • Ps 59:7
    75%

    7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

  • Ps 52:2
    75%

    2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 7:12-13
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    74%

    12If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

    13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
    74%

    12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Ps 21:11-12
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    73%

    11For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

    12For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

    18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

  • Ps 55:21
    72%

    21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Prov 24:2
    72%

    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

    4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Prov 25:18
    71%

    18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Deut 32:23
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    23"I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 58:4
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    4Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its 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%

    12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 35:20
    71%

    20For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 45:5
    71%

    5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

  • Ps 37:12
    70%

    12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

  • Ps 83:3
    70%

    3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

  • Ps 41:7
    70%

    7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

  • Prov 12:18
    70%

    18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

  • Ps 17:11
    70%

    11They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

  • Isa 5:28
    70%

    28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

  • Prov 1:18
    70%

    18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.