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Ecclesiastes 10:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ecclesiastes 10:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 A person who quarries stones may be hurt by them. Someone who splits logs may be endangered by them.
10 If the ax is dull and no one sharpens its edge, the person chopping must apply more strength, but an advantage of wisdom is that it gives success.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to having a charmer.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 10:11 The Hebrew expression for snake charmer is master of the tongue, so in Hebrew there is a connection between this proverb and the proverbs that follow, which is not apparent in English.
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