Psalm 120:4

New English Translation

Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Cross References

Psalm 45:5

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Psalm 52:5

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 7:13

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

Proverbs 11:12

The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

Proverbs 11:9

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 12:22

The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

Proverbs 16:27

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person’s innermost being.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, “I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”