18 A man who (A)bears false witness against his neighbor
    is like a war club, or (B)a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.(A)

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My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
    I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.

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I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.

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18 The words of the reckless pierce like swords,(A)
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(B)

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And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (B)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
  2. James 3:6 Greek Gehenna

The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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(A)Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
    (B)it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth (C)each speaks peace to his neighbor,
    but in his heart (D)he plans an ambush for him.

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Their tongue(A) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(B)
    but in their hearts they set traps(C) for them.(D)

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(A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
    falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
    (B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong

“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth

28 (A)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
    and do not deceive with your lips.

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28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)
    would you use your lips to mislead?

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They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
    and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah

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They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

What shall be given to you,
    (A)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
(B)A warrior's (C)sharp arrows,
    with glowing (D)coals of the broom tree!

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What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(A)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

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Your (A)tongue plots destruction,
    like (B)a sharp razor, you (C)worker of deceit.

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)

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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were (C)drawn swords.

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21 His talk is smooth as butter,(A)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(B)
    yet they are drawn swords.(C)

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