Ecclesiastes 10:11

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 58:6

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Psalm 64:3

Who whet their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Proverbs 18:21

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

Ecclesiastes 10:10

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.

Jeremiah 8:17

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

James 3:6

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.

James 3:8

but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.