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Ecclesiastes 10:11-13
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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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  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.
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Ecclesiastes 10:11-13
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11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.(A)

12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(B)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.(C)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—

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