Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Cross-reference

Psalm 140:10 prays for 'burning coals' to fall on the wicked—a direct imprecatory parallel to the coals in Psalm 120:4, both invoking divine retribution.

Psalm 18:13 Parallel

Psalm 18:13 also mentions 'coals of fire' in God's theophanic judgment, reinforcing the destructive fire imagery used against the wicked.

Psalm 59:7 Parallel

Psalm 59:7 also depicts speech as a weapon—swords on lips—mirroring the sharp arrows for deceitful tongues here.

Psalm 140:9 Parallel

In Psalm 140:9, the psalmist asks that the mischief of evil lips cover them — the same theme of divine retribution for deceitful speech.

Psalm 140:11 prays that evil speakers be not established and that evil hunt them — echoing the punishment for lying tongues.

Deuteronomy 32:23 explicitly mentions God spending His arrows as judgment — directly parallel to the arrows of the mighty in the main verse.

Proverbs 16:27 likens speech to scorching fire, directly matching the 'glowing coals' imagery for deceitful tongues here.

Proverbs 18:21 Related theme

Proverbs 18:21 declares the tongue holds death and life, reinforcing the deadly power of deceitful tongues punished here.

James 3:5-8 calls the tongue a fire full of deadly poison, echoing the glowing coals and sharp arrows for destructive speech here.

Proverbs 25:18 explicitly compares false witness to a 'sharp arrow,' mirroring the exact imagery of destructive speech in Psalm 120:4.

Isaiah 5:28 Allusion

Isaiah 5:28 depicts the Assyrian army's 'arrows are sharp'—directly echoing the sharp arrows of Psalm 120:4 as instruments of divine judgment.

Proverbs 26:21 likens a quarrelsome man to charcoal kindling strife, echoing the coals in Psalm 120:4 as instruments of conflict—though the contexts differ.

Proverbs 11:9 says the godless destroy their neighbor with their mouth, paralleling the destructive speech punished by arrows and coals here.