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Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:12 in context
10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Key words (Strong's)
- graciouschêngraciousnessH2580 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- man'schâkâmwiseH2450 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
- foolkᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
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Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in as a reflection upon those rulers who set folly in great dignity. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-15