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

3:13 open sepulchre. Paul draws on several Old Testament metaphors in Romans 3:13-18 to describe the implicit or explicit wickedness of men in their natural state. Psalm 5:9 likens the human tongue to “an open sepulchre” and Psalm 140:3 to “adders’ poison.”

3:15 shed blood. Isaiah 59:7-8 is referred to in Romans 3:15-17.

3:18 no fear of God. This quote is from Psalm 36:1.

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