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12 ¶ The words from the mouth of the wise man are grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

14 The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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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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