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.
Cross-References
“For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.”
“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
“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.”
“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;”