'Vipers' in the Bible
Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.
in his bowels his food is turned, [the] venom of horned vipers [is] {within him}.
He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude
The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers' dens.
An oracle about the animals of the Negev: "Through a land of trouble, dryness, and distress, of lionesses and roaring lions, where there is no water, a land of vipers and darting snakes, he carries their riches on donkeys' backs, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot benefit them,
Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.They will bite you.This is the Lord’s declaration.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Their throat is an open grave;they deceive with their tongues.Vipers’ venom is under their lips.