Ecclesiastes 10:11-15

New International Version

¹¹ If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.^(A)

¹² Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,^(B)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.^(C)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—
¹⁴     and fools multiply words.^(D)

No one knows what is coming—
    who can tell someone else what will happen after them?^(E)

¹⁵ The toil of fools wearies them;
    they do not know the way to town.