Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Note gracious: Heb. grace
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- words
- Job 4:3, 4; Job 16:5; Psalm 37:30; Psalm 40:9, 10; Psalm 71:15–18; Proverbs 10:13, 20, 21, 31, 32; Proverbs 12:13, 14, 18; Proverbs 15:2, 23; Proverbs 16:21–24; Proverbs 22:17, 18; Proverbs 25:11, 12; Proverbs 31:26; Matthew 12:35; Luke 4:22; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:6
- gracious
- Heb. grace. but.
- 2 Samuel 1:16; 1 Kings 20:40–42; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9; Proverbs 10:8, 10, 14; Proverbs 18:6–8; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 26:9; Luke 19:22