Psalms 64:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 64:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 64:3 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 64:3 — KJV
“Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:”
— Psalms 64:3 (KJV)
Psalms 64:3 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 64:3
“They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 64:3: bows, shoot, arrows
“Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc”
Shares key themes with Psalms 64:3: sword, bows, even
“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.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 64:3: tongue, sword, arrows
“And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 64:3: even, bitter, words
“I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 64:3: sword, arrows, even
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