Psalm 140:3

Easy To Read Version

Their tongues are like poisonous snakes.\par It is like snake poison is under their tongue.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [638]})\i0 \par

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”

Psalm 57:4

My life is in danger.\par My enemies are all around me.\par They are like man-eating lions,\par with teeth as sharp as spears\par and arrows,\par and tongues as sharp as a sword.\par

Psalm 58:4

Their anger is as dangerous\par as snake venom. {\cf2\super [341]} \par And, like cobras that can’t hear,\par they refuse to listen to the truth.\par

Psalm 59:7

Listen to their threats and insults.\par They say such cruel things,\par and they don’t care who hears them.\par

Proverbs 12:18

If a person speaks words without thinking, then those words can hurt like a sword. But a wise person is careful with the things he says. His words can heal those hurts.

Proverbs 23:32

But in the end it bites like a snake.

Proverbs 6:14

That person is a troublemaker. He is always planning to do something bad. He makes trouble everywhere.

Isaiah 59:13

We sinned and turned against the Lord.\par We turned away from him and left him.\par We planned evil things.\par We planned things that are against God.\par We have thought of these things\par and planned them in our hearts.\par

Jeremiah 9:3

“Those people use their tongues like a bow;\par lies fly from their mouths like arrows.\par Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land.\par Those people go from one sin to another.\par They don’t know me.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 9:5

Every person lies to his neighbor.\par No person speaks the truth.\par The people of Judah have taught\par their tongues to lie.\par They sinned until they were too tired\par to come back.\par

Lamentations 3:62

The words and the thoughts of\par my enemies\par are against me all the time—\par

Matthew 12:34

You snakes! You are evil people! How can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ. This might happen the same as Eve was tricked (fooled) by the snake (the devil) with his evil ways.