Verse 14
yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?
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.