Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before the charming, {the snake charmer will not succeed}.
Jeremiah 8:17
For look, I [am] letting loose among you snakes, adders for which there is no incantation, and they will bite you," {declares} Yahweh.
Psalm 58:4-5
Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
James 3:6
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.