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Ro 3:13 King James Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Their, &c.--From generals, the apostle here comes to particulars, culling from different parts of Scripture passages which speak of depravity as it affects the different members of the body; as if to show more affectingly how "from the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness" in us.

throat is an open sepulchre-- (Psa 5:9); that is, "What proceeds out of their heart, and finds vent in speech and action through the throat, is like the pestilential breath of an open grave."

with their tongues they have used deceit-- (Psa 5:9); that is, "That tongue which is man's glory (Psa 16:9; Psa 57:8) is prostituted to the purposes of deception."

the poison of asps is under their lips-- (Psa 140:3): that is, "Those lips which should 'drop as an honeycomb,' and 'feed many,' and 'give thanks unto His name' (Sol 4:11; Pro 10:21; Heb 13:15), are employed to secrete and to dart deadly poison."
 
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15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.