“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.”
Ecclesiastes 10:12 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:12
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a 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
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?