Ecclesiastes 10:12-15

12 1Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a 2fool consume him;
13 the beginning of his talking * is folly and the end of it is wicked 3madness.
14 Yet the 4fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him 5what will come after * him?
15 The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 22:11; Luke 4:22
  • 2. Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 18:7; Ecclesiastes 4:5
  • 3. Ecclesiastes 7:25
  • 4. Proverbs 15:2; Ecclesiastes 5:3
  • 5. Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 8:7

Footnotes 3

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