Psalm 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Cross-reference
Psalm 140:3 uses the same serpent-venom imagery for the tongue, directly reinforcing the psalm's description of the wicked's speech.
Psalm 91:13 promises victory over serpents — same serpent imagery but from the righteous overcoming.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 mentions a serpent that cannot be charmed, mirroring the deaf adder here that refuses to hear.
Jeremiah 8:17 speaks of 'adders that cannot be charmed' sent as judgment, paralleling the deaf adder that refuses to hear.
In Matthew 3:7, John the Baptist calls the Pharisees a 'brood of vipers,' using the same serpent imagery for the wicked.
Matthew 23:33 repeats the 'brood of vipers' epithet, linking the Pharisees to the venomous, unresponsive wicked of the psalm.
Romans 3:13 quotes 'venom of asps under their lips,' directly applying the psalm's serpent imagery to universal human sinfulness.
Deuteronomy 32:33 uses the same 'venom of serpents' imagery for the wicked — a direct parallel.
Proverbs 21:13 describes shutting ears to the poor — a parallel to the deaf adder's refusal to hear.
Zechariah 7:11 describes people covering their ears in refusal — a direct parallel to the deaf adder.
Luke 3:7 calls the crowd a 'brood of vipers' — the same serpentine metaphor for wickedness.
Acts 7:57 describes people covering their ears in rejection — a direct parallel to the deaf adder.
James 3:8 describes the tongue as 'full of deadly poison,' echoing the psalm's venom metaphor for destructive speech.
Job 20:14 describes the wicked's food turning to 'venom of cobras,' using similar poison imagery but in a context of divine retribution.
In Job 20:16, the wicked are punished by drinking snake venom — a parallel image of serpentine poison.