Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise mouth are gracious: 1 But the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 bite when there is no charmer’s whisper, 1 Then there is no advantage to the charmer. 1
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: 1 And the end of his talk mischievous madness. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.
Job 4:3For whereas thou hast instructed many, 1 And hast strengthened the hands of the weak one, 1
Psalms 64:8Who troublest the depth of the sea, 1 The sounds of its waves. 1
Psalms 140:9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, 1 And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1
Proverbs 10:10He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; 1 But he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker. 1
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →