Ecclesiastes 10:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 58:4-5 : 4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares, 5 and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers, though he be neuer so skilfull in charming.
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

    13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

  • Eccl 10:8-10
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    8 But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.

    9 Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith.

    10 When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and that with might: Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence.

  • Ps 58:4-5
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    4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares,

    5 and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers, though he be neuer so skilfull in charming.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32 It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.

  • Job 20:16
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    16 He shall sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him:

  • Jer 8:17
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    17 Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde.

  • Ps 140:3
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    3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

    19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Jas 3:8
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    8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19 As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18 As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

    19 So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

  • Prov 18:7-8
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    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

    8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.

  • Prov 10:10
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    10 He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13 Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

  • Job 20:13
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    13 That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 26:22
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    22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

  • Prov 26:7
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    7 Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9 As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

  • Prov 10:21
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    21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • Gen 3:1
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    1 And the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which ye lord God hadde made, and he sayde vnto the woman: yea, hath God saide, ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?

  • Prov 1:17
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    17 But as in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

  • Job 15:3
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    3 Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth, & speake the thinges which can do no good?

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.