Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 58:4 — Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
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poison   Psa 140:3; Ecc 10:11; Rom 3:13; Jam 3:8
like   Heb. according to the likeness of
serpent   Mat 3:7; Mat 23:33
the deaf   Jer 8:17
adder   or asp. -- Pethen, is no doubt the boeten of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe] deaf. Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8
Correlating Passages
poison
Psa 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
Ecc 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Rom 3:13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
Jam 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
serpent
Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 23:33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
the deaf
Jer 8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
adder
Job 20:14 [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
Job 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Isa 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 58:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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