Ecclesiastes 10:12
The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man is grace; and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
In Context
11If a serpent bitith, it bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it.
13The bigynnyng of hise wordis is foli; and the laste thing of his mouth is the worste errour.
Cross References
Job 4:3Lo! thou hast tauyt ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.
Psalms 64:8which disturblist the depthe of the see, the soun of the wawis therof.
Psalms 140:9Kepe thou me fro the snare which thei ordeyneden to me; and fro the sclaundris of hem that worchen wickidnesse. Synneris schulen falle in the nett therof;
Proverbs 10:10He that bekeneth with the iye, schal yyue sorewe; a fool schal be betun with lippis.