Psalm 57:4

Modern English Version

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Cross References

Job 41:14

Who can open the jaws of his face? His teeth are terrible all around.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor, drawing them into his net.

Psalm 35:17

Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious 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 hill and to Your dwelling.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 58:6

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

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they bellow with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, “Who hears us?”

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18

The words of the rash are like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, so is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 28:15

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

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, whose fangs are like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among mortals.

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

Revelation 19:15

Out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, with which He may strike the nations. “He shall rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury and wrath of God the Almighty.

Judges 9:20

If not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech!”