Psalms 140:3

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2[and men] who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.

4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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Cross References

Psalms 52:2Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,

Psalms 64:3who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

Proverbs 12:18There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:2-8

Complaints and Petitions. 1 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins… Read the whole commentary →

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