Bible verse
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Ecclesiastes 10:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 10.
9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
10 If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
16 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
KJV
The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
ASV
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
ERV
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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