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Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

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Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Psalms 58:5
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Jeremiah 8:17
“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.

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Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

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Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

James 3:8
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Psalms 140:11
An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

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Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

Isaiah 26:16
Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

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