Psalm 64:3

New International Version

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

Cross References

Psalm 58:7

Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

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.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Isaiah 54:17

no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.

Proverbs 30:14

those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Psalm 141:9

Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.