James 3:8
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison.
Psalm 140:3
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)
Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment. A slanderer is no better than an uncharmed snake.
Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps (cobras).
Psalm 55:21
His speech was smoother than butter, but his heart was war! His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 57:4
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
Psalm 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake. It is like a deaf cobra that stops its ear.
Psalm 59:7
See what pours out of their mouths, swords from their lips! They think: Who will hear us?
Psalm 64:3-4
Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.
James 3:6
The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).
Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.