Psalm 140:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s bite; viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done? ” And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down with those who devour men. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

Psalm 59:7

Look, they spew from their mouths — sharp words from their lips. “For who,” they say, “will hear? ”

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Proverbs 6:14

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart — he stirs up trouble.

Isaiah 59:13

transgression and deception against the Lord, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take Me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Lamentations 3:62

The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.