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12 Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.
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12 Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.
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13 The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness;
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13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness--
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14 yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
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14 and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming-- who can tell him what will happen after him?
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15 The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town.
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15 A fool's work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.
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