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Ecclesiastes 10:14

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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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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:12

    The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:13

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

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:15

    The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:16

    Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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