King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 10:13
“The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12
The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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