See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they desp
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!