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Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like snakes;

the venom of vipers is on their lips.

Selah

Psalm 140:3 BSB
  1. a Cited in Romans 3:13

Psalm 140:3 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 58:4 (7 votes) and Romans 3:13–14 (6 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 3 to James 3.

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Which verses does Psalm 140:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 58:47 votes

    Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

  2. Romans 3:13–146 votes

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  3. 2 Corinthians 11:36 votes

    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

  4. Proverbs 23:325 votes

    In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

  5. Psalm 57:44 votes

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

  6. Isaiah 59:3–54 votes

    For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. …

  7. Jeremiah 9:34 votes

    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

  8. Jeremiah 9:54 votes

    Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

  9. James 3:6–84 votes

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, …

  10. Genesis 3:133 votes

    Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

  11. Psalm 52:2–33 votes
  12. Psalm 64:3–43 votes
  13. Proverbs 12:183 votes
  14. Isaiah 59:133 votes
  15. Matthew 12:343 votes
  16. Psalm 59:71 vote

Which verses point to Psalm 140:3?

The 10 strongest of 24.