Ecclesiastes 5:3

American Standard Version (1901)

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

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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.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-7
    4 verses
    84%

    4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

    5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

    7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    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.

    14A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

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

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

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

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 26:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.

  • Eccl 9:17
    71%

    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Job 33:15
    70%

    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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

  • Prov 15:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:28
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    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 15:14
    69%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    69%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    69%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    69%

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

  • Job 11:2
    69%

    2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

  • Prov 8:5
    69%

    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 27:3
    69%

    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

  • Job 35:16
    68%

    16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    68%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Prov 13:16
    68%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Eccl 4:6
    68%

    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 14:33
    68%

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

  • Eccl 7:9
    68%

    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 11:29
    67%

    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.