Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 3:13

"Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:" — Romans 3:13 (ASV)

With their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

They are pleased to speak ill of their neighbor; they are eager to repeat any slander that they hear, and they are not unwilling even to invent it themselves.

Their throat is an open sepulcher;

A reeking mass of corruption;

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

Paul does not use flattering words, as those preachers do who talk foolishly about the dignity of human nature. Man was a noble creature when he was made in the image of God, but sin blotted out all his dignity.