Psalm 57:4

Legacy Standard Bible

¶My soul is among lions; I am lying down among those who breathe forth fire, Sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.

Cross References

Job 41:14

“Who can open the doors of its face? Around its teeth there is dreadful terror.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 35:17

¶Lord, how long will You look on? Bring back my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions.

Psalm 43:3

¶Oh send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy mountain And to Your dwelling places.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 58:6

¶O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they pour forth speech with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords And its fangs like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our existence, and is set on fire by hell.

Revelation 19:15

And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the wrath of the rage of God, the Almighty.

Judges 9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”