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They sharpen their tongues like swords
    and aim their bitter words like arrows.

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And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[a]

People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).

May they disappear like water into thirsty ground.
    Make their weapons useless in their hands.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 58:7 Or Let them be trodden down and wither like grass. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

I am surrounded by fierce lions
    who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
    and whose tongues cut like swords.

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Judgment for Disobedience

“My people bend their tongues like bows
    to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
    They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
    says the Lord.

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18 Some people make cutting remarks,
    but the words of the wise bring healing.

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The wicked are stringing their bows
    and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
    at those whose hearts are right.

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17 But in that coming day
    no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
    raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord;
    their vindication will come from me.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

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14 They have teeth like swords
    and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
    and the needy from among humanity.

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