Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

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?

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.