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 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)
Ecclesiastes 10:11
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11 If the snake bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage in a charmer.(A)
James 3:8
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8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[a] evil, full of deadly poison.(A)
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- 3.8 Other ancient authorities read uncontrollable
Romans 3:13
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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)
Matthew 23:33
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33 You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?[a]
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- 23.33 Gk Gehenna
Matthew 3:7
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A)
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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his
Jeremiah 8:17
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17 See, I am letting snakes loose among you,
adders that cannot be charmed,
and they shall bite you,
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 11:8
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8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
Job 20:16
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16 They will suck the poison of asps;
the tongue of a viper will kill them.(A)
Job 20:14
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14 yet their food is turned in their stomachs;
it is the venom of asps within them.
Deuteronomy 32:33
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33 their wine is the poison of serpents,
the cruel venom of asps.(A)
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