A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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