Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 64 connects to 9 cross-references. A lament of David asking God for protection from the secret plots of the wicked who sharpen their tongues like swords. They shoot at the blameless in secret without fear. But God will shoot his arrow at them; their own …
Other Translations
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Cross References
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot …
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of …
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them …
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from …
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou …
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the …
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth …
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.