Psalms 140:3 KJV
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Matthew Henry
- David encourages himself in GodThe more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can be against us? We...
Thompson Chains
- Evil SpeechSee the chain from Psalms 5:9 · 6 links
- Serpents (2)Link 2 of 4 · next Matthew 12:34
- AddersLink 4 of 5 · next Proverbs 23:32
- Malice (2)Link 2 of 5 · next Matthew 27:23
Cross References
- Psalms 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Psalms 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Psalms 52:2–3 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. …
- Psalms 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
- Psalms 64:3–4 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: …
- Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Isaiah 59:3–5 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. …
- Isaiah 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
- Jeremiah 9:3 And 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.
- Jeremiah 9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Romans 3:13–14 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: …
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- James 3:6–8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. …
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Topics
- Adder A venomous serpent
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- Asp Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
- David And probably
- Malice General scriptures concerning Malice
- Psalms Afflictions
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Serpent Venom of Serpent
- Slander Is venomous
- Speaking Evil
Bible Dictionary
- SelahA word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab 3:9, Hab 3:13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- They have sharpened שָׁנֲנוּ šānănû שָׁנַן Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- their tongues לְשׁוֹנָם lĕšônām לָשׁוֹן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- like a serpent כְּמוֹ kĕmô Preposition נָחָשׁ nāḥāš נָחָשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- adders' עַכְשׁוּב ʿakšûb עַכְשׁוּב Noun · masculine singular
- poison חֲמַת ḥămat חֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- under their lips תַּחַת taḥat Preposition שְׂפָתֵימוֹ śĕpātêmô שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- Selah סֶלָה selâ סֶלָה Interjection
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