Ecclesiastes 10:11

The Scriptures 1998

If the snake bites without enchantment, then ‘the master of the tongue’ is no better!

Cross References

Jeremiah 8:17

“For look, I am sending among you serpents, adders, which have no enchanter, and they shall bite you,” declares יהוה.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, a bitter word,

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

James 3:8

But no man is able to tame the tongue. It is unruly, evil, filled with deadly poison.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If an iron tool is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he needs more strength, and wisdom is advantageous to make right.

Psalm 58:6

O Elohim, break their teeth in their mouth! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O יהוה!