12 (A)Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a (B)fool consume him; 13 the beginning of [a]his talking is foolishness, and the end of [b]it is evil (C)insanity. 14 Yet the (D)fool multiplies words. No person knows what will happen, and who can tell him (E)what will come after him? 15 The labor of [c]a fool makes him so weary that he does not even know how to go to a city.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit the words of his mouth
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit his mouth
  3. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Lit fools make

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