Ecclesiastes 10:11
A babler of his tonge is no better, then a serpent that styngeth without hyssynge.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:4-5 : 4 They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares. 5 That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer, charme he neuer so wysely.
- Jer 8:17 : 17 Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices & serpetes amonge you (which will not be charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the LORDE.
- Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.
- Ps 64:3 : 3 Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes.
- Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, shal enioye the frute therof.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie.
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- Eccl 10:12-132 verses77%
12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.
13The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.
- Eccl 10:8-103 verses76%
8But he yt dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin himself: & who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shal byte him.
9Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wod, shalbe hurt therwith.
10When an yron is blont, and ye poynt not sharpened, it must be whett againe, and that with might: Euen so doth wi?dome folowe diligence.
- Ps 58:4-52 verses75%
4They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares.
5That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer, charme he neuer so wysely.
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32It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.
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16The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him:
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17Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices & serpetes amonge you (which will not be charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the LORDE.
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3They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.
- Prov 10:18-192 verses70%
18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.
19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.
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9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.
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8But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.
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19Yee like as when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whe he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.
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31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.
- Prov 26:18-192 verses69%
18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,
19And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.
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3The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good.
- Prov 18:7-82 verses69%
7A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.
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10He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.
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7He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.
- Rom 3:13-142 verses68%
13Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their tunges they haue disceaued, the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes.
14Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse.
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13That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.
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2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.
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3In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.
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22A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.
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7Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.
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9A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.
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4A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.
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18A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.
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21The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.
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19Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes, and is a slaunderer, and disceaueth with his lippes.
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20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.
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28A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.
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5Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.
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1Bvt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde (which ye LORDE God had made) and sayde vnto the woman: Yee, hath God sayde indede: Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden?
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17But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes.
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28A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.
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3Thou reprouest wt wordes, that are nothinge wroth: and speakest the thinges, which can do no good.
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1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
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23A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.
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12A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.
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4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him: