Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
King James Version
In Context
2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Psalms 64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh 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 hath muttered perverseness.
Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the 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 →