Psalms 55:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
  • 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 5:3-4 : 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, 4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged 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 26:24-26 : 24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart. 25 When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart: 26 His malice may be concealed by deception, But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
  • John 13:2 : 2 After supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words,
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

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  • Ps 55:20
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    20He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

  • 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 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

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

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

  • Ps 64:3
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    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly 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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    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.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, They go down into the innermost parts.

    23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel Are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

    24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Job 20:12-13
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    12"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

    13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

  • Isa 10:7
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    7However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

  • 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, To kill those who are upright in the way.

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

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

  • Prov 6:14
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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

  • 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 59:7
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    7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

  • 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.

  • Job 20:24-25
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    70%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

    25He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.

  • Prov 24:2
    69%

    2For their hearts plot violence, And their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ezek 21:11
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    11It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.

  • Job 39:23
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    23The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, But joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Prov 26:26
    69%

    26His malice may be concealed by deception, But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
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    35He teaches my hands to war, So that my arms do bend a bow of brass.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • Ps 62:4
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    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.

  • Ps 55:22
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    22Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

  • Prov 7:21
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    21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, Then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, Then I would have hid myself from him.

  • Prov 16:24
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    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • 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.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.