Ecclesiastes 10:11

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 rasor, working deceitfully.

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