"Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent's roots will come forth a viper, And its offspring [will be] a fiery flying serpent.

At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

"Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.