“The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.”
Ecclesiastes 10:13 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:13
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.