Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹²^(A)Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a ^(B)fool consume him; ¹³the beginning of ^[a]his talking is folly and the end of ^[b]it is wicked ^(C)madness. ¹⁴Yet the ^(D)fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him ^(E)what will come after him?

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Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit the words of his mouth
Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit his mouth

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

New International Version

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