Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
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Judges 14:15
So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father's household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?"

1 Samuel 20:26-33
Saul said nothing that day because he thought, "Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean--surely he is unclean." . . .

1 Samuel 22:7, 8, 16-18
Then Saul said to his servants, "Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds? . . .

1 Samuel 25:10, 11
But Nabal asked them, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters. . . .

2 Samuel 19:41-43
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David's men?" . . .

2 Samuel 20:1
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram's horn and shouted: "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!"

2 Kings 6:27, 31
He answered, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?" . . .

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Matthew 2:7, 8, 16
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared. . . .

Luke 6:2, 11
But some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?" . . .

Luke 11:38, 53, 54
But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. . . .

John 12:10
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

Acts 5:28-33
"We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, " he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man's blood." . . .

Acts 6:9-11
But resistance arose from what was known as the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen, . . .

Acts 7:54-59
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. . . .

Acts 19:24-28
It began with a silversmith named Demetrius, who had brought much business to the craftsmen making silver shrines of Artemis. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

King James Bible
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness.

International Standard Version
He begins his speech with foolishness, and concludes it with evil madness.

NET Bible
At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,
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