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12 People respect a wise person,
    because of the things that he says.
But the words of a fool will destroy him.
13 When a fool starts to speak,
    he says silly things.
When he finishes,
    he is saying crazy things that are wicked.
14     But he never stops talking.
Nobody knows what will happen in the future.
    Nobody can tell us what will happen after we die.

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12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(A)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.(B)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—
14     and fools multiply words.(C)

No one knows what is coming—
    who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(D)

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