Ecclesiastes 10:14

A Conservative Version

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Cross References

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he knows not that which shall be, for who can tell him how it shall be?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

Proverbs 10:19

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

Job 35:16

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.

Job 34:37

so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city.

Ezekiel 35:13

And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me. I have heard it.