Psalm 59:7

New International Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”

Psalm 10:13

Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?

Psalm 55:21

His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

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 73:11

They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”

Psalm 94:4

They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.

Proverbs 12:18

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

Jeremiah 33:24

“Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms he chose’? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.

Lamentations 3:62

what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.