Ecclesiastes 10:14

New American Bible - revised edition

yet fools multiply words. No one knows what is to come, for who can tell anyone what will be?

Cross References

Job 34:37

For he is adding rebellion to his sin by brushing off our arguments and addressing many words to God.”

Job 35:16

Yet Job to no purpose opens his mouth, multiplying words without knowledge.

Proverbs 10:19

Where words are many, sin is not wanting; but those who restrain their lips do well.

Proverbs 15:2

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

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of fools wearies them, so they do not know even the way to town.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

And I saw that there is nothing better for mortals than to rejoice in their work; for this is their lot. Who will let them see what is to come after them?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for mortals in life, the limited days of their vain life, spent like a shadow? Because who can tell them what will come afterward under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him. Critique of Sages on Justice and Wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

that they are ignorant of what is to come; for who will make known to them how it will be?

Ecclesiastes 9:1

All this I have kept in my heart and all this I examined: The just, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Love from hatred mortals cannot tell; both are before them.

Ezekiel 35:13

You boasted against me with your mouths and used insolent words against me. I heard everything!