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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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  1. 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for

O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!(A)

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14 there are those whose teeth are swords,
    whose teeth are knives
to devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mortals.(A)

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21 with speech smoother than butter
    but with a heart set on war,
with words that were softer than oil
    but in fact were drawn swords.(A)

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17 How long, O Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my life from the lions!(A)

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18 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)

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who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,(A)

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10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”(A) 11 The woman said to him, “Sir,[a] you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?

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  1. 4.11 Or Lord

22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”(A) 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God.(B) 24 The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.(C)

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    you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
    you worker of treachery.(A)

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15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[a] them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.(A)

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  1. 19.15 Or will shepherd

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](A)

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  1. 3.6 Gk Gehenna

15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
    is a wicked ruler over a poor people.(A)

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18 Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow
    is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.(A)

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There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
    with sharp words[a] on their lips,
    for “Who,” they think,[b] “will hear us?”(A)

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  1. 59.7 Heb with swords
  2. 59.7 Heb lacks they think

13 they open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.(A)

14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
    it is melted within my breast;(B)
15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,
    and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.(C)

16 For dogs are all around me;
    a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[b](D)

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  1. 22.15 Cn: Heb strength
  2. 22.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

12 They are like a lion eager to tear,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.(A)

13 Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them!
    By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,(B)

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    they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
    they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(A)

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20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”

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