“His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 55 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.