Ecclesiastes 10:14

American Standard Version (1901)

A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
  • Jas 4:13-14 : 13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  • Job 34:37 : 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Eccl 5:3
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    3For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.

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  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;