The words of a wise man are gracious Hebrew, חן, grace: as they are profitable, so they are acceptable to others, procuring him favour with those that hear him. But the lips of a fool will swallow up himself His discourses are ungracious and offensive to others, and therefore pernicious to himself. The beginning of his words is foolishness, &c. All his talk, from the beginning to the end, is foolish and sinful; the more he talks the more his folly and wickedness appear; and the end is mischievous madness He proceeds from evil to worse, and adds wilfulness to his weakness, and never desists till he hath done mischief to himself or others. A fool also is full of words Forward to promise and boast what he will do; which is the common practice of foolish men, and running on endlessly, and never knowing when to cease; for he will have the last word, though it be but the same with that which was the first. A man cannot tell what shall be What he will say next; his talk is so incoherent. And what shall be after him, who can tell? That is, what mischief his foolish talk may produce. The labour of the foolish wearieth, &c. Fools discover their folly by their wearisome and fruitless endeavours after things which are too high for them. Because he knoweth not, &c. He is ignorant of those things which are most easy, as of the way to the great city whither he is going.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-15
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;e but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talkf is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also is fullg of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.