ECCLESIASTES 10:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.”
The description of the wise person's words as gracious, won by favor, while the fool's lips consume him, presents speech as self-fulfilling. The fool's words produce his own destruction; the wise person's words build relationships and reputation. This verse suggests that character manifests and perpetuates itself through speech.
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