Ecclesiastes 10:11

If a serpent bitith, it bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

In Context

10If yrun is foldid ayen, and this is not as bifore, but is maad blunt, it schal be maad scharp with myche trauel; and wisdom schal sue aftir bisynesse.

12The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man is grace; and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fellen in on me.

Psalms 64:3Here thou my preier; ech man schal come to thee.

Jeremiah 8:17For lo! Y schal sende to you the werste serpentis, to whiche is no charmyng; and thei schulen bite you, seith the Lord.

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