Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
The poison of asps is under their lips”;

Psalm 5:9

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

Deuteronomy 32:33

“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of cobras.

Psalm 12:3-4

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Jeremiah 5:16

“Their quiver is like an open grave,
All of them are mighty men.

Jeremiah 9:3-5

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:7

Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”

Matthew 12:34-35

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Matthew 23:27-28

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

Romans 3:4

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,
That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You are judged.”

James 3:5-8

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

Job 20:14-16

Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the venom of cobras within him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Throat

Psalm 5:9
There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
Jeremiah 5:16
“Their quiver is like an open grave,
All of them are mighty men.
Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

With their

Romans 3:4
May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,
That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You are judged.”
Psalm 5:9
There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 12:3
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:7
Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
James 3:5
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

The poison

Deuteronomy 32:33
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of cobras.
Job 20:14
Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the venom of cobras within him.
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

General references

Jeremiah 5:16
“Their quiver is like an open grave,
All of them are mighty men.