Psalms 58:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 140:3 : 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
  • Eccl 10:11 : 11 If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.
  • Isa 11:8 : 8 And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
  • Jas 3:8 : 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
  • Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
  • Job 20:14 : 14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
  • Job 20:16 : 16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:3
    81%

    3Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

  • Rom 3:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

    15Their feet are quick in running after blood;

  • Ps 58:5
    79%

    5Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

  • Deut 32:32-34
    3 verses
    78%

    32For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:

    33Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

    34Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

  • Prov 23:32
    76%

    32In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

  • Job 20:16
    74%

    16He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

  • Eccl 10:11
    73%

    11If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

  • Isa 59:4-7
    4 verses
    73%

    4No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

    5They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.

    6Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

    7Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

  • Ps 58:3
    72%

    3The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

  • Jer 8:17
    72%

    17See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

  • Ps 5:9
    72%

    9For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

  • Ps 64:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

    4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

    5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

  • Jer 9:8
    70%

    8His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

  • Prov 4:16
    70%

    16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Ps 135:17
    70%

    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Isa 11:8
    70%

    8And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

  • Jas 3:8
    69%

    8But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

  • Rev 9:19
    69%

    19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

  • Deut 32:24
    69%

    24They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

  • Ps 59:12
    69%

    12Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Prov 1:16
    69%

    16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

    8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

  • Jer 9:5
    68%

    5Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

  • Job 20:14
    68%

    14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

  • Prov 17:4
    68%

    4A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Ps 31:18
    68%

    18Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Prov 24:2
    68%

    2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Jer 9:3
    68%

    3Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

  • Ps 115:7
    68%

    7They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

  • Ps 59:7
    68%

    7See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • Prov 1:18
    68%

    18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • Ps 140:9
    67%

    9As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Prov 2:15
    67%

    15Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

  • Ps 38:12
    67%

    12Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Jer 5:16
    67%

    16Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

  • Isa 57:4
    67%

    4Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

  • Ps 36:3
    67%

    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Ps 69:22
    67%

    22Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Eccl 10:8
    67%

    8He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

  • Jer 6:28
    66%

    28All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.