Matthew 12:34

"Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Romans 3:13-14

their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;

2 Corinthians 11:3

but I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity which is toward Christ.

James 3:6-8

And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell.

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Summary

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Sharpened

Adders

Bible References

Sharpened

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell.

Like a serpent

Matthew 12:34
"Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
2 Corinthians 11:3
but I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity which is toward Christ.

Adders

Romans 3:13
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;