Ecclesiastes 10:11

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

If a serpent will bite without magic; and no preëminence to the possessor of the tongue.

Cross References

Jeremiah 8:17

For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.

James 3:6

(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life in the hand of the tongue: and they loving it shall eat its fruit

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.

James 3:8

And the tongue none of men can tame; an ungovernable evil, full of deadly poison.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron became dull and he polished not the face, and he will strengthen the forces: and wisdom will make preeminence to prosper.

Psalm 58:6

God destroyed their teeth in their mouth: Jehovah broke down the young lions' grinders.