Ecclesiastes 5:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
  • 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 is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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  • Eccl 5:4-7
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    4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

    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 thine hands?

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

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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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.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

  • 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.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 26:4-6
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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.

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

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

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 14:24
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  • Prov 24:7
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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

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    3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.