King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 10:11
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
9
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.
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12
The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
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