Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Psalms 120:4 · 18 connections
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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! …
End of linked passage: James 3:8I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. …
End of linked passage: Deuteronomy 32:24He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 140:11An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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