Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
- Jer 8:17 : 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
- Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
- Prov 18:21 : 21 ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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