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 poison of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD.
A babbler
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.