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11 [a]If the serpent bite [b]before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in [c]the charmer. 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 [d]his talk is mischievous madness.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Or, Surely the serpent will bite where there is no enchantment; and the slanderer is no better
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Hebrew without enchantment.
  3. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Hebrew the master of the tongue.
  4. Ecclesiastes 10:13 Hebrew his mouth.