Psalm 120:2-4

English Standard Version Anglicised

²Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue.
³What shall be given to you,
    ^(A)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴^(B)A warrior's ^(C)sharp arrows,
    with glowing ^(D)coals of the broom tree!

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Proverbs 16:27

English Standard Version Anglicised

²⁷^(A)A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech^[a] is like ^(B)a scorching fire.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips

Proverbs 16:27 in all English translations

English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

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