Ecclesiastes 10:13

The fool's talk begins as foolishness and ends in wicked madness. Unchecked folly only grows worse the longer it speaks.

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• 1 Sam 25:10–11And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
• Prov 29:9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
• Acts 6:9–11Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
• 1 Sam 20:26–33Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
• 2 Kgs 6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
• John 12:10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
• 2 Kgs 6:27And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
• Luke 11:53–54And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
• Acts 5:28–33Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
• Matt 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
• 1 Sam 22:7–8Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
• 1 Sam 22:16–18And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
• Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
• Luke 6:11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
• Judg 14:15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
• 2 Sam 19:41And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
• Luke 6:2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
• Matt 2:7–8Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
• Acts 19:24–28For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
• Acts 7:54–59When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

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