Psa 57:4, 59:7, Pro 11:9, 12, 18, 16:27, 18:8, 21, Jam 3:5-8 | ESV | STEP | My soul is in the midst of lions ; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man , whose teeth are spears and arrows , whose tongues are sharp swords .

Psalms 57:4

4 My soul is in the midst of ^alions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose ^bteeth are spears and arrows,
whose ^ctongues are sharp 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?”

Proverbs 11:9

9 With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 11:12

12 Whoever ^hbelittles his neighbor lacks sense,
but a man of understanding remains silent.

Proverbs 11:18

18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who ⁱsows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Proverbs 16:27

27 ^jA worthless man plots evil,
and his speech ^{▼▼Hebrew what is on his lips} is like ^la scorching fire.

Proverbs 18:8

8 ^mThe words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into ⁿthe inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 18:21

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

James 3:5-8

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^pit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^qthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^rstaining 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, ^ufull of deadly poison.