Psalms 55:21 · KJV
“{The words} of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war {was} in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet {were} they drawn swords.”
— Psalms 55:21
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. {broken: Heb. profaned}
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. {burden: or, gift}
Psalms 55 — Context
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. {Because...: or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they}
20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. {broken: Heb. profaned}
21{The words} of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war {was} in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet {were} they drawn swords.
22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. {burden: or, gift}
23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}
Cross References
Psalms 57:4
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.
Proverbs 5:3-4
For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth {those that are} afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Psalms 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief {is} in their hearts.
Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. {a double...: Heb. an heart and an heart}
Luke 20:20-21
And they watched {him}, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:
Proverbs 26:24-26
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; {dissembleth: or, is known}