Ecclesiastes 10:13 meaning and explanation

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Ecclesiastes 10:13, Berean Standard Bible

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The Preacher, a wisdom teacher in Jerusalem, contrasts the speech of the wise and the fool. In verse 12 he has just said that a fool's own lips consume him, and here he traces that ruin from start to finish.

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