Ecclesiastes 10:11
אִם ־ יִשֹּׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ בְּלוֹא ־ לָחַשׁ וְאֵין יִתְרוֹן לְבַעַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
In Context
12דִּבְרֵי פִי ־ חָכָם חֵן וְשִׂפְתוֹת כְּסִיל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 58:4זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָֽב ׃
Psalms 64:3תַּסְתִּירֵנִי מִסּוֹד מְרֵעִים מֵרִגְשַׁת פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃
Jeremiah 8:17כִּי הִנְנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ בָּכֶם נְחָשִׁים צִפְעֹנִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין ־ לָהֶם לָחַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס
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 →