“How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?
They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com.