The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
KJV
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Parallel Translations
The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
Cross References
Colossians 4:6Luke 4:22Proverbs 15:2Proverbs 22:11Ephesians 4:29Proverbs 10:13–14Proverbs 10:20–21Job 4:3–4Proverbs 10:31–32Proverbs 22:17–182 Samuel 1:16Proverbs 26:9Psalms 140:9Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 19:5
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