Psa 55:21, 59:7, 64:3, Pro 12:18, 18:21, Jam 3:6-8 | 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 59:7

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

Psalms 64:3

3 who ^hwhet their tongues like swords,
who ⁱaim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 18:21

21 ^lDeath and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.

James 3:6-8

6 And ^mthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ⁿstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna} 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, ^qfull of deadly poison.