Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Jeremiah 8:17

“For behold, I am sending serpents against you,
Adders, for which there is no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

Psalm 58:4-5

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

Psalm 52:2

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

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

The serpent

Psalm 58:4

Jeremiah 8:17

A babbler

Bible References

The serpent

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

“For behold, I am sending serpents against you,
Adders, for which there is no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

A babbler

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

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by

hell.