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Ecclesiastes 10:12

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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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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:10

    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.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:11

    Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:13

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

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:14

    A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.