Psa 57:4, Pro 12:18, 30:14, Isa 54:17, Jer 9:3, Jam 3:6-8 | 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.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 30:14

14 There are those whose teeth are ^fswords,
whose ^gfangs are knives,
to ^hdevour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.

Isaiah 54:17

17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
ⁱand their vindication ^{▼▼Or righteousness} from me, declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 9:3

3 ^kThey 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,
^mand they do not know me, declares the Lord.

James 3:6-8

6 And ⁿthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^ostaining 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, ^rfull of deadly poison.