October 2
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ECCLESIASTES 10
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,
but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
14 A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?
15 The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.
– Ecclesiastes 10:12-15
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ECCLESIASTES 10 THE FOOL’S TONGUE
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
In this corrupt world, we can hear the fool’s tongue blabber on
There is no stopping to their boasting and their presumptions
The world is a stage for the foolish to talk big about themselves
Not knowing that their tongues only lead them to destruction.
While the wise concern themselves with what is true and sensible
The foolish person continually presumes that he is knowledgeable
He twists the little knowledge he knows and pretends to understand
But behind his blabber is nothing close to the truth and wisdom.
The fool’s tongue is like fire, full of unrighteousness and evil
He will utter all kinds of deceptions and lies that are from the devil
He spreads rumors and gossips like a wildfire that starts from a small part
Its effect is so destructive and diabolical that it always hurts many humans.
While the wise man’s lips utter only what will benefit others
The fool’s tongue consumes him and pulls him down more and more
The fool continues to work himself up to get on an advantage
He cannot even see how lost he is for he is obsessed with getting ahead.
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REFLECTION
• How did these following verses reverberate in James 3?