Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
In Context
12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.
Cross References
Psalms 58:4Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
Psalms 64:3Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
Jeremiah 8:17For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →