Psa 55:21, 57:4, 59:7, 64:3-4, Jam 3:6 | ESV | STEP | His speech was smooth as butter , yet war was in his heart ; his words were softer than oil , yet they were drawn swords .

Psalms 55:21

21 His ^aspeech was ^bsmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were ^cdrawn swords.

Psalms 57:4

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

Psalms 59:7

7 There they are, ^gbellowing with their mouths
with ^hswords in their lips—
for ⁱ“Who,” they think, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks they think} “will hear us?”

Psalms 64:3-4

3 who ^kwhet their tongues like swords,
who ^laim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ^mambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and ⁿwithout fear.

James 3:6

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