Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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Gill's Exposition
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,.... As soon as ever he opens his mouth, he betrays his folly; the first word he speaks is a foolish one; or it is from the abundant folly in his…
Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness The words point, with a profound insight into human nature, to the progress from bad to worse in one who has the gift of speech without…
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