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
Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;
Jeremiah 8:17
For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.
A babbler
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
Psalm 64:3
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life in the hand of the tongue: and they loving it shall eat its fruit
James 3:6
(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.