Psalm 120:4
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4 A warrior’s sharp arrows,
with glowing coals of the broom tree!(A)
James 3:5-8
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(A) 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](B) 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[b] evil, full of deadly poison.(C)
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Proverbs 19:9
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9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and the liar will perish.
Proverbs 19:5
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5 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and a liar will not escape.(A)
Proverbs 18:21
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21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.(A)
Proverbs 16:27
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27 Scoundrels concoct evil,
and their speech is like a scorching fire.(A)
Psalm 45:5
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5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Revelation 21:8
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8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)
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Proverbs 12:22
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22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
but those who act faithfully are his delight.(A)
Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.(A)
Proverbs 11:12
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12 Whoever belittles another lacks sense,
but an intelligent person remains silent.(A)
Proverbs 11:9
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9 With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Psalm 140:9-11
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9 Those who surround me lift up their heads;[a]
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!(A)
10 Let burning coals fall on them!
Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!(B)
11 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil speedily hunt down the violent!(C)
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- 140.9 Cn: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head
Psalm 59:7
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7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
with sharp words[a] on their lips,
for “Who,” they think,[b] “will hear us?”(A)
Psalm 57:4
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4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(A)
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- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
Psalm 52:5
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
Psalm 7:13
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13 he has prepared his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:23-24
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23 I will heap disasters upon them,
spend my arrows against them:(A)
24 wasting hunger,
burning consumption,
bitter pestilence.
The teeth of beasts I will send against them,
with venom of things crawling in the dust.(B)
Proverbs 18:8
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8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)
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