Psa 52:2, 55:21, 57:4, 120:3-4, 140:3, Pro 12:18, Jer 9:3, 8, Jam 3:6 | ESV | STEP | Your tongue plots destruction , like a sharp razor , you worker of deceit .

Psalms 52:2

2 Your ^atongue plots destruction,
like ^ba sharp razor, you ^cworker of deceit.

Psalms 55:21

21 His ^dspeech was ^esmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were ^fdrawn swords.

Psalms 57:4

4 My soul is in the midst of ^glions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose ^hteeth are spears and arrows,
whose ⁱtongues are sharp swords.

Psalms 120:3-4

3 What shall be given to you,
^jand what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4 ^kA warrior’s ^lsharp arrows,
with glowing ^mcoals of the broom tree!

Psalms 140:3

3 They make ⁿtheir tongue sharp as ^oa serpent’s,
and ^punder their lips is the ^qvenom of asps. Selah

Proverbs 12:18

18 ^rThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings ^shealing.

Jeremiah 9:3

3 ^tThey bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong} in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
^vand they do not know me, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:8

8 ^wTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
^xit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth ^yeach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart ^zhe plans an ambush for him.

James 3:6

6 And ^aathe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^abstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}