Psalms 58:4
\58:3\The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
In Context
3\58:2\The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
5\58:4\Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Job 20:14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
Psalms 51:7\51:5\Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.
Jeremiah 8:17See, 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.
Matthew 23:33You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:2-6
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. We have reason to think that this… Read the whole commentary →