Ecclesiastes 10:11

New American Bible - revised edition

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite entered and reported to Saul, saying to him: “David has entered the house of Ahimelech.”

Psalm 58:6

So as not to hear the voice of the charmer or the enchanter with cunning spells.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who choose one shall eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the ax becomes dull, and the blade is not sharpened, then effort must be increased. But the advantage of wisdom is success.

Jeremiah 8:17

Yes, I will send against you poisonous snakes. Against them no charm will work when they bite you—oracle of the Lord.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna.

James 3:8

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.