Verse 21

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that 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 a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart. 26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 ¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, ‹Thou hast said.›
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 ¶ And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
  • John 13:2 : 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.