Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJV

Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 12 · King James Version

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?