“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
Ecclesiastes 10:11 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:11
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10
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.
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.