Ecclesiastes 10:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

Cross References

Jeremiah 8:17

For, behold, I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

Psalm 64:3

O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.

Psalm 52:2

They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.

James 3:8

But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

Psalm 58:6

Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.