Ecclesiastes 10:14
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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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:2 : 2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] 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 when it shall be?
- Jas 4:13-14 : 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, 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 vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
- Prov 10:19 : 19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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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.
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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3 Yea 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.
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11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
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14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
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19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
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20 ¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
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7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
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9 ¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
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7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
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28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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14 ¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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4 ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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23 ¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
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18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
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3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] 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?
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9 ¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
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15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
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3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;