Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, whet Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Proverbs 12:18 There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 30:14 A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 9:3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. James 3:6-8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. . . . bend Psalm 11:2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. Psalm 58:7 They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened. Context The Hurtful Tongue…2Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. 3For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,4To shoot in secret the undefiled.… Cross References Psalm 11:2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Psalm 58:7 They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened. Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips. Jeremiah 9:3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. Lexicon whoאֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that sharpen שָׁנְנ֣וּ (šā·nə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate their tongues לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם (lə·šō·w·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue like swords כַחֶ֣רֶב (ḵa·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and aim דָּרְכ֥וּ (dā·rə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow their bitter מָֽר׃ (mār) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly words דָּבָ֥ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause like arrows, חִ֝צָּ֗ם (ḥiṣ·ṣām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear Additional Translations who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously; Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word; Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. 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