Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

The deaf

Bible References

Poison

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.
Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
James 3:8
But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil [undisciplined, unstable], full of deadly poison.

The deaf

Jeremiah 8:17

“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.