Ecclesiastes 10:14

New International Version

and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

Cross References

Job 34:37

To his sin he adds rebellion; scornfully he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

Job 35:16

So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

Proverbs 10:19

Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 9:1

So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.

Ezekiel 35:13

You boasted against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.