Ecclesiastes 10:12
“The words of a wise mans mouth are gratious: but the lips of a foole will swallow vp himselfe.”
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Ecclesiastes 10:12 Context
10If the yron be blunt, and he doe not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisedome is profitable to direct. 11Surely the serpent will bite without inchauntment, and a babbler is no better. 12The words of a wise mans mouth are gratious: but the lips of a foole will swallow vp himselfe. 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishnesse: and the end of his talke is mischieuous madnesse. 14A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?
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The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
- King James Version
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
- New American Standard Version (1995)