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12 (A)Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a (B)fool swallow him up; 13 the beginning of the words of his mouth is simpleminded folly, and the end of what comes from his mouth is evil (C)madness. 14 Yet the (D)simpleminded fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him (E)what will come after 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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