Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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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 5:4-74 verses84%
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Suffer 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?
7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
- Eccl 5:1-22 verses80%
1 Keep 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.
2 Be 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 10:12-154 verses75%
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?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, bause he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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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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9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
- Prov 26:4-63 verses71%
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.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
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17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
- Eccl 7:5-62 verses70%
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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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2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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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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23 A udent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools oclaimeth foolishness.
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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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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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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a ating fool shall fall.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ide: but the lips of the wise shall eserve them.
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2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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16 Therefore doth open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
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16 Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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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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7 Go from the esence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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16 Every udent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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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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9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reoof is udent.
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.