Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
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- Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Their poison `is' as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear, 5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
- Jer 8:17 : 17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
- Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
- Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
- Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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12Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness.
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8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
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4Their poison `is' as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
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32Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
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16Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
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17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.
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8and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
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19As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
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31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.
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18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
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3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
- Prov 18:7-82 verses69%
7The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.
8The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.
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10Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
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13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
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13Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
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2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
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3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
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22The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.
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7Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
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18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
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21The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
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19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety.
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20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
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28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
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5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
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1And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'
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17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
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28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
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3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?
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1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.
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23To execute inventions `is' as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
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12Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
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4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.