Psalms 141:4
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
Cross References
Numbers 25:2Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate of them, and adored their gods.
Deuteronomy 29:4And the Lord hath not given you al heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.
1 Kings 13:8And the man of God answered the king: If thou wouldst give me half thy house I will not go with thee, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place:
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.
Proverbs 23:1When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.
Isaiah 63:17Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:2-5
Fervent Supplications. 1 Lord , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord , before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things… Read the whole commentary →