Ecclesiastes 10:11

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If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

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  • Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies. 5 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent, like that of a deaf cobra that stops its ears.
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

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