sharpened

Psalm 52:2, 3
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. . . .

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths--sharp words from their lips: "For who can hear us?"

Psalm 64:3, 4
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, . . .

Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Isaiah 59:3-5, 13
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. . . .

Jeremiah 9:3, 5
"They bend their tongue like their bows; lies instead of truth prevail in the land, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account, " declares the LORD. . . .

James 3:6-8
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. . . .

like a serpent

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" "The serpent deceived me, " she replied, "and I ate."

Proverbs 23:32
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

adders

Psalm 58:4
Their venom is like the poison of a serpent, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

Romans 3:13, 14
Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The venom of vipers is on their lips. . . .