Ecclesiastes 10:11

Revised Version 1885

If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; 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 have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed 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 one 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, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

James 3:8

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