Psalms 140:3
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 140
“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.”Psalms 140:3
What Does Psalms 140:3 Mean?
Psalms 140:3 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 140, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 140:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 3:8“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”Romans 3:13“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:”Psalms 31:20“Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.”James 3:6“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.”Psalms 58:4“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”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.”Proverbs 23:32“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”Psalms 10:7“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.”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.”Isaiah 59:3“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.”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.”Lamentations 3:62“The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.”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“Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”Psalms 64:3“Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:”Psalms 94:4“How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?”Proverbs 12:18“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”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.”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.”
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