The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The words of a wise man's mouth - Every thing that proceeds from him is decent and orderly, creditable to himself, and acceptable to those who hear him. But the lips of the fool, which speak every thing at random, and have no understanding to guide them, are not only not pleasant to others, but often destructive to himself.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;e but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.