Psalm 140:3

The Passion Translation

They are known for their sharp rhetoric of poisonous, hateful words. Pause in his presence

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

So Yahweh-God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman pointed to the snake and said, “The shining snake tricked me, and I ate.”

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by these fierce and brutal men. They are like lions just wanting to tear me to shreds. Why must I continue to live among these seething terrorists, breathing out their angry threats and insults against me?

Psalm 59:7

boiling over with rage, shouting out their curses, convinced that they’ll never get caught.

Proverbs 12:18

Reckless words are like the thrusts of a sword, cutting remarks meant to stab and to hurt. But the words of the wise soothe and heal.

Proverbs 23:32

for drunkenness brings the sting of a serpent, like the fangs of a viper spreading poison into your soul.

Proverbs 6:14

Their twisted thoughts are perverse, and they are always scheming to stir up trouble, and sowing strife with every step they take.

Isaiah 59:13

We have rebelled and even tried to deny Yahweh; we have forsaken our God. Our speech stirs up oppression and revolt, and our hearts conceive, then confess, lies.

Jeremiah 9:3

Yahweh says: “They shoot out lies with their tongues, just as an archer uses a bow to shoot arrows. Their lies have prevailed in the land, but they are not faithful to Yahweh. My people go from one evil thing to another because they do not know my heart.

Jeremiah 9:5

They all are professional liars who lie to their neighbors. They are completely dishonest, and have trained their tongues to lie. They weary themselves doing wrong.

Lamentations 3:62

They murmur and whisper against me all day long.

Matthew 12:34

But you who are known as the Pharisees are rotten to the core like venomous snakes. How can your words be good if you are rotten within? For what has been stored up in your hearts will be heard in the overflow of your words!

2 Corinthians 11:3

But now I’m afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s clever lies, your thoughts may be corrupted and you may lose your single-hearted devotion and pure love for Christ.