TSK · Romans 3:13

his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)

All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say,“the LORD declares,” although I myself never spoke?

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.