Ecclesiastes 10:11 · KJV
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. {a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue}”
— Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom {is} profitable to direct.
The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
Ecclesiastes 10 — Context
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; {and} he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom {is} profitable to direct.
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. {a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue}
12The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
13The beginning of the words of his mouth {is} foolishness: and the end of his talk {is} mischievous madness. {his talk: Heb. his mouth}
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which {will} not {be} charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Psalms 58:4-5
Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear; {like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc} {adder: or, asp}
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
James 3:6
And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}
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