Psalm 140:3 “They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on thei…”

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

World English Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

American Standard Version

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

Darby Translation

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“sharpened”

Psalm 57:4 Isaiah 59:3–5 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 9:5 James 3:6–8 Proverbs 12:18

Psalm 57:4 · BSB

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Isaiah 59:3–5 · BSB

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

James 3:6–8 · BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

“like a serpent”

2 Corinthians 11:3 Proverbs 23:32 Matthew 12:34 Genesis 3:13

2 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Proverbs 23:32 · BSB

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Matthew 12:34 · BSB

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

Genesis 3:13 · BSB

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

“adders”

Psalm 58:4 Romans 3:13 Romans 3:14

Psalm 58:4 · BSB

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

Romans 3:13 · BSB

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

Romans 3:14 · BSB

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

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