Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The serpent
A babbler
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,
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.
“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.
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,
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.
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).