Psalm 58:4

Easy To Read Version

Their anger is as dangerous\par as snake venom. {\cf2\super [341]} \par And, like cobras that can’t hear,\par they refuse to listen to the truth.\par

Cross References

Genesis 3:2

The woman answered the snake, “{No! God did not say that!} We can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.

Job 20:14

But that evil will become poison\par in his stomach.\par It will be like bitter poison inside him,\par like a snake’s poison.\par

Job 20:16

The evil person’s drink will be\par like the poison from snakes.\par The snake’s fangs will kill him.\par

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues are like poisonous snakes.\par It is like snake poison is under their tongue.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [638]})\i0 \par

Psalm 51:7

Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par

Ecclesiastes 10:11

A person might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites someone when he is not around. \{Wisdom is like that.\}

Isaiah 11:8

A baby will be able to play near a cobra’s {\cf2\super [134]} home. A baby will be able to put his hand into the home of a poisonous snake.

Jeremiah 8:17

“People of Judah,\par I am sending poisonous snakes {\cf2\super [73]} \par to attack you.\par Those snakes can’t be controlled.\par Those snakes will bite you.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Matthew 23:33

“You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?

Romans 3:13

“People’s mouths are like open graves;\par they use their tongues for telling lies.”\par \i (Psalm 5:9)\i0 \par

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is like poison from snakes.

James 3:8

But no person can tame (control) the tongue. It is wild and evil. It is full of poison that can kill.