KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 120:3–4
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Psalms 120:3
3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
3‖†What shall be giuen vnto thee? or what shalbe done vnto thee, thou false tongue?
- Or, what shall the deceitfull tongue giue vnto thee? or what shall it profit thee?
- Heb. added.
Psalms 120:4
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
4‖Sharpe arrowes of the mightie: with coales of iuniper.
- Or, It is as the sharpe arrowes of the mighty man with coales of iuniper.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 120:3
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 120:4
Having a keen edge or point; acute, piercing, severe, or ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Pointed missiles shot from bows; figuratively, instruments or images of attack, judgment, pain, or sudden force, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pieces of wood or other combustible matter that are burning, ignited, or charred.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A tree or shrub bearing berries of a bluish color, of a warm, pungent, sweet taste, yielding.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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Open the full verse study26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Open the full verse study21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Open the full verse study21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Open the full verse study9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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Open the full verse study22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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Open the full verse study27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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Open the full verse study5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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Open the full verse study5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
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Open the full verse study23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24They 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.
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Open the full verse study12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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Open the full verse study18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Open the full verse study9An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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Open the full verse study9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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Open the full verse study5God 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.
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Open the full verse study4My 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.
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Open the full verse study7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
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Open the full verse study13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Open the full verse study8But 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.
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Open the full verse study8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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