Psalm 57:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame–the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Cross References

Job 41:14

Who can open the doors of his [lipless] mouth? His [extended jaws and bare] teeth are terrible round about.

Psalm 10:9

He lurks in secret places like a lion in his thicket; he lies in wait that he may seize the poor (the helpless and the unfortunate); he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 35:17

Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!

Psalm 43:3

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than cream or butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 58:6

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us?

Psalm 64:3

Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a ravenous and charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. [The tongue is a] world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole body and setting on fire the wheel of birth (the cycle of man's nature), being itself ignited by hell (Gehenna).

Revelation 19:15

From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent). [Ps. 2:9.]

Judges 9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the people of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the people of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.