11 If the serpent bites [a](A)before being charmed, there is no benefit for the charmer. 12 (B)Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a (C)fool consume him; 13 the beginning of [b]his talking is foolishness, and the end of [c]it is evil (D)insanity. 14 Yet the (E)fool multiplies words. No person knows what will happen, and who can tell him (F)what will come after him? 15 The labor of [d]a fool makes him so weary that he does not even know how to go to a city.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit with no incantation
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit the words of his mouth
  3. Ecclesiastes 10:13 Lit his mouth
  4. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Lit fools make

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