Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ecclesiastes 10:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 10:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ecclesiastes 10:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, if a snake bites before it's charmed, what good is the charmer? In the same way, someone who talks too much without thinking isn't really helpful.

Ecclesiastes 10:11: Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. [a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue]

Contradiction with Proverbs 26:4

Advises not to answer a fool, which contrasts with Ecclesiastes 10:11 suggesting the importance of addressing issues wisely.

Proverbs 26:4: Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Contradiction with Proverbs 18:21

States that death and life are in the power of the tongue, indicating the tongue's power contradicts the futility implied in Ecclesiastes 10:11.

Proverbs 18:21: Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Contradiction with James 3:8

Describes the tongue as untamable and full of deadly poison, differing from Ecclesiastes 10:11's suggestion that speech can prevent harm.

James 3:8: But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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