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
They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,
Jeremiah 8:17
Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.
A babbler
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.
Psalm 64:3
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life stand in the power of the tongue; he that loveth it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
James 3:6
and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.