Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.

Jeremiah 8:17


“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

Psalm 58:4-5


Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

Psalm 52:2


Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 64:3


Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,

Proverbs 18:21


Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.

James 3:6

And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Bible References

The serpent

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
Jeremiah 8:17

“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

A babbler

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
James 3:6
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).