12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,

but fools are consumed by their own lips.

13 At the beginning their words are folly;

at the end they are wicked madness—

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.

12 Wise words bring approval,

but fools are destroyed by their own words.

13 Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,

so their conclusions will be wicked madness;

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,

But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

13 The words of his mouth begin with foolishness,

And the end of his talk is raving madness.

12 The words of the wise bring them praise,

but the words of a fool will destroy them.

13 A fool begins by saying foolish things

and ends by saying crazy and wicked things.

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.

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

12 A wise person’s words win favors, but a fool’s lips are self-destructive. 13 A fool starts out by talking foolishness and ends up saying crazy things that are dangerous.

12 The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly,

but the end of his speaking is evil madness.

12 Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,

but the lips of fools consume them.

13 The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,

and their talk ends in wicked madness;

12 The wise man wins favor by the words of his mouth,

but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

13 He begins by saying what is foolish

and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.

12 A man who is wise says gracious things.

But a foolish person is destroyed by what his own lips speak.

13 At first what he says is foolish.

In the end his words are very evil.

12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

13 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.