Psalm 57:4

Good News Translation

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

Cross References

Job 41:14

Who can make him open his jaws, ringed with those terrifying teeth?

Psalm 10:9

they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.

Psalm 35:17

How much longer, Lord, will you just look on? Rescue me from their attacks; save my life from these lions!

Psalm 43:3

Send your light and your truth; may they lead me and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill, and to your Temple, where you live.

Psalm 52:2

You make plans to ruin others; your tongue is like a sharp razor. You are always inventing lies.

Psalm 55:21

His words were smoother than cream, but there was hatred in his heart; his words were as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.

Psalm 58:6

Break the teeth of these fierce lions, O God.

Psalm 59:7

Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.

Proverbs 12:18

Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.

Proverbs 25:18

A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 28:15

Poor people are helpless against a wicked ruler; he is as dangerous as a growling lion or a prowling bear.

Proverbs 30:14

There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

Revelation 19:15

Out of his mouth came a sharp sword, with which he will defeat the nations. He will rule over them with a rod of iron, and he will trample out the wine in the wine press of the furious anger of the Almighty God.

Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire blaze out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Bethmillo. May fire blaze out from the men of Shechem and Bethmillo and burn Abimelech up.”