Psalms 58:4
“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
Cross-References
“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.”
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”