Ecclesiastes 10:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹If the snake bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage in a charmer.

¹²Words spoken by the wise bring them favour,
but the lips of fools consume them.
¹³The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,
and their talk ends in wicked madness;

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