Ecclesiastes 10:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.”
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“If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 10:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
- Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
- Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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