Ecclesiastes 10:14

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yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
  • Jas 4:13-14 : 13 Come now, you who say,“Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
  • Job 34:37 : 37 For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God.”
  • Job 35:16 : 16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

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  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

    13At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

    15So I thought to myself,“The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?” So I lamented to myself,“The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”

    16For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

  • Prov 29:20
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    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 5:3
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    3Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

  • Prov 12:23
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    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    72%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,