Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! {a matter: or, wood}

Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

Thine arrows {are} sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; {whereby} the people fall under thee.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall not escape. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

Lying lips {are} abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly {are} his delight.

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.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

An hypocrite with {his} mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords {are} in their lips: for who, {say they}, doth hear?

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. {void...: Heb. destitute of heart}

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

The words of a talebearer {are} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. {talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is} cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which hath a} most vehement flame. {cruel: Heb. hard}

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

All darkness {shall be} hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth.

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

{They shall be} burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. {heat: Heb. coals}

These {are} their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

{As} coals {are} to burning coals, and wood to fire; so {is} a contentious man to kindle strife.

Whose arrows {are} sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.