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Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
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Psalms 59:7
Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say,“ Who hears?”
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Psalms 64:2-6
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows— bitter words,That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say,“ Who will see them?”They devise iniquities:“ We have perfected a shrewd scheme.” Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
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2 Corinthians 4 2
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
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Jeremiah 9:3-4
“ And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.“ Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.
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Psalms 50:19
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
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Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said,“ Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
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2 Corinthians 11 13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
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Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And whose fangs are like knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
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Psalms 140:2-3
Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
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Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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Acts 24:1
Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul.
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Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.
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Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
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Acts 6:11-13
Then they secretly induced men to say,“ We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.They also set up false witnesses who said,“ This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
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Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,“ Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.