Ecclesiastes 10:13

New International Reader's Version

At first what they say is foolish. In the end their words are very evil.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:41

Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king. They were saying to him, “Why did the men of Judah take you away from us? They are our relatives. What right did they have to bring you and your family across the Jordan River? What right did they have to bring all your men over with you?”

2 Kings 6:27

The king replied, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”

2 Kings 6:31

He said, “I’ll cut the head of Shaphat’s son Elisha off his shoulders today. If I don’t, may God punish me greatly!”

Proverbs 13:16

Wise people act with knowledge. But foolish people show how foolish they are.

Proverbs 29:9

Suppose a wise person goes to court with a foolish person. Then the foolish person gets mad and pokes fun, and there is no peace.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Don’t be too quick to speak. Don’t be in a hurry to say anything to God. God is in heaven. You are on earth. So use only a few words when you speak.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I tried to understand wisdom more completely. I wanted to study it and figure it out. I tried to find out everything I could about it. I tried to understand why it’s foolish to be evil. I wanted to see why choosing foolishness is so unwise.

Matthew 2:16

Herod realized that the Wise Men had tricked him. So he became very angry. He gave orders about Bethlehem and the area around it. He ordered all the boys two years old and under to be killed. This agreed with the time when the Wise Men had seen the star.

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised. He noticed that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

Luke 6:11

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were very angry. They began to talk to one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:2

Some of the Pharisees said, “It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath day. Why are you doing it?”

John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too.

Judges 14:15

On the fourth day they spoke to Samson’s wife. “Get your husband to explain the riddle for us,” they said. “If you don’t, we’ll burn you to death. We’ll burn up everyone in your family. Did you invite us here to steal our property?”