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Ecclesiastes 10:11
Ecclesiastes 10:11 is verse 11 of Ecclesiastes chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
World English Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
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Ecclesiastes 10:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
10 If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Psalms 58:5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
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.
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.