Psalm 120:4

New International Version

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

Proverbs 16:27

A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

Psalm 45:5

Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

Revelation 21:8

But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Proverbs 12:22

The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

Proverbs 11:18

A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Proverbs 11:9

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Psalm 59:7

See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think, “Who can hear us?”

Psalm 57:4

I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 52:5

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?