Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

With their

God forbid. Let God be true, and all men liars, as it is written, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and shouldest overcome when thou art judged."

For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.

I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with unrighteousness; Your lips speak lies, and your tongue setteth out wickedness.

They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.

Vain visions have ye seen, and spoken false prophesies, when ye say, 'The LORD hath spoken it,' whereas I never said it.

O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth,

The poison

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.

The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body.

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

General references

Their arrows are sudden death; yea, they themselves be very giants.