Verse 14

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

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.