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Ecclesiastes 10:11

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

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Verse 11. Silence. Prot. “without enchantment, and a babbler is no better.” Bible.—But he compares the detractor to a serpent, ( Calmet.) as he infuses the poison into all who pay attention to him. Saint Jerome Saint Bernard

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