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 snake; like the deaf adder, he stops his ear,
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.
A babbler
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.