Ecclesiastes 10:11

Modern English Version

If a serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouths; break out the fangs of the young lions, O  Lord!

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but wisdom is profitable to succeed.

Jeremiah 8:17

Behold, I will send serpents against you, adders, which will not be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the Lord.

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

James 3:8

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.