12
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
14
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
15
The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.
16
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.