Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, But the mouth of fools gush out folly.
- Eccl 3:22 : 22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Eccl 5:3 : 3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 8:7 : 7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
- Jas 4:13-14 : 13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit." 14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
- Job 34:37 : 37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."
- Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."
- Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.
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16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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22 For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;