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.

They were scattered at the anger of His countenance, and his heart drew near to them. His words were smoother than oil, yet they are darts.

and He has delivered my soul from the midst of [the lion's] whelps; I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [they say], has heard?

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

to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

Their wine [is] the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps.

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

They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " [the] poison of asps is under their lips";

And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.