Psalm 57:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

¶My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Cross References

Job 41:14

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

Psalm 10:9

He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.

Psalm 35:17

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

Psalm 43:3

¶Send out Your light and Your truth, they shall lead me; They shall bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.

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

Psalm 58:6

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

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they gush forth with their mouths; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

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, a sword, and a sharp arrow Is a person who gives false testimony 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 kind of person whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the poor from the earth And the needy from among mankind.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

Revelation 19:15

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 fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

Judges 9:20

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