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Psalm 140:3
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Psalm 140:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Psalm 140:3
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Psalm 140:3
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- Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
Psalm 58:4
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Psalm 58:4
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4 (A)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Psalm 58:4
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Psalm 58:4
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4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(A)
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
2 Corinthians 11:3
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2 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But I fear, lest somehow, as (A)the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds (B)may be corrupted from the [a]simplicity that is in Christ.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:3 NU adds and purity
2 Corinthians 11:3
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2 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning,(A) your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Romans 3:13-14
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Romans 3:13-14
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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(C) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
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- Romans 3:13 grave
Romans 3:13-14
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Romans 3:13-14
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- Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
- Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
- Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
Proverbs 23:32
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Proverbs 23:32
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32 At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:32
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Proverbs 23:32
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32 In the end it bites like a snake
and poisons like a viper.
James 3:6-8
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James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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James 3:6-8
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James 3:6-8
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(D)
Matthew 12:34
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Matthew 12:34
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34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
Matthew 12:34
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Matthew 12:34
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.
Jeremiah 9:5
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Jeremiah 9:5
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5 Everyone will (A)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:5
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Jeremiah 9:5
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Jeremiah 9:3
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Jeremiah 9:3
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3 “And like their bow (A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (B)evil to evil,
And they (C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:3
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Jeremiah 9:3
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Isaiah 59:3-5
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Isaiah 59:3-5
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3 For (A)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (B)empty words and speak lies;
(C)They conceive [b]evil and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.
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- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
Isaiah 59:3-5
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Isaiah 59:3-5
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3 For your hands are stained with blood,(A)
your fingers with guilt.(B)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(C)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(D)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(E) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(F)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(G)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(H)
and spin a spider’s web.(I)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 59:13
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13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (A)from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 59:13
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Psalm 64:3-4
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Psalm 64:3-4
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3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
Psalm 64:3-4
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Psalm 64:3-4
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