Ecclesiastes 10:11
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Related Verses
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”
“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.”
“Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.”
“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?”
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”