But no onecantamethe tongue;[it is] a restlessevil[and] fullof deadlypoison.
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
His speechwas smootherthanbutter,But his heartwas war;His wordswere softerthanoil,Yet they were drawnswords.
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
They have venomlikethe venomof a serpent;Likea deafcobrathat stopsup its ear,
Behold,they belchforthwith their mouth;Swordsare in their lips,For, [they say], "Whohears?"
He whohasa crookedmindfindsnogood,And he who is pervertedin his languagefallsinto evil.
Ifthe serpentbitesbefore being charmed,thereis noprofitfor the charmer.
"THEIR THROATIS AN OPENGRAVE,WITH THEIR TONGUESTHEY KEEP DECEIVING,""THE POISONOF ASPSIS UNDERTHEIR LIPS";
"Their wineis the venomof serpents,And the deadlypoisonof cobras.
And the tongueis a fire,the [very] worldof iniquity;the tongueis setamongour membersas that which defilesthe entirebody,and setson firethe courseof [our] life,and is set on fireby hell.
For everyspeciesof beastsand birds,of reptilesand creatures of the sea,is tamedand has been tamedby the humanrace.
And the greatdragonwas throwndown, the serpentof oldwho is calledthe deviland Satan,who deceivesthe wholeworld;he was throwndown to the earth,and his angelswere throwndown with him.
