Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent; [They are] like the deaf cobra [that] stops its ear,

Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.

"For behold, I will send serpents among you, Vipers which cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you," says the LORD.

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows -- bitter words,

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

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