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 poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops its ear;
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

A babbler

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil; 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 they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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 nature; and it is set on fire by hell.