Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, 5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
- Jer 8:17 : 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
- Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Ps 64:3 : 3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
- Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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