Ecclesiastes 10:11

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

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

Psalm 58:6

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

Psalm 64:3

who whet their tongues like swords, who 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 fruits.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.[2]

Jeremiah 8:17

For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," declares the LORD.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[1] and set on fire by hell.[2]

James 3:8

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