Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

In Context

12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?

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Cross References

Judges 14:15And whe the seuenth day was come, they sayd vnto Samsons wyfe: Flatter thyne husband that he may declare vs the riddle, lest we burne thee and thy fathers house with fire: Haue ye called vs hyther, to make vs beggers? is it not so?

Proverbs 13:16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:13-16

The Contemptibleness of Folly. 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. Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great… Read the whole commentary →

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