Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.

For behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have worked deceit.

who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.