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Psalm 140:3
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Psalm 140:3
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3 They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s,
and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah(A)
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 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,(A)
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 am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure[a] devotion to Christ.(A)
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- 11.3 Other ancient authorities lack and pure
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 throats are opened graves;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of vipers is under their lips.”(A)
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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 an adder.
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 the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A) 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[b] evil, full of deadly poison.(B)
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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 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A)
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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 They all deceive their neighbors,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.[a](A)
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- 9.5 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they weary themselves with iniquity.
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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 They bend their tongues like bows;
they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth,
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, says the Lord.(A)
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 your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.(A)
4 No one brings suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.(B)
5 They hatch adders’ eggs
and weave the spider’s web;
whoever eats their eggs dies,
and the crushed egg hatches out a viper.(C)
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 transgressing and denying the Lord
and turning away from following our God,
talking oppression and revolt,
conceiving lying words and uttering them from the heart.(A)
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 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)
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 whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(A)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(B)
Psalm 64:3-4
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Psalm 64:3-4
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