Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 55:21
His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 120:3
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.