Ecclesiastes 10:12–13

The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,

and the end of his talk is evil madness.

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,

but fools are consumed by their own lips.

At the beginning their words are folly;

at the end they are wicked madness—

The words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of the words from his mouth is folly,

but the end of his speaking is evil madness;

Wise words bring approval,

but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,

so their conclusions will be wicked madness;

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

but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

He begins by saying what is foolish

and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.

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