Ecclesiastes 10:14

New King James Version

A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?

Cross References

Job 34:37

For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.”

Job 35:16

Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labor of fools wearies them, For they do not even know how to go to the city!

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur?

Ecclesiastes 9:1

For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.

Ezekiel 35:13

Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your words against Me; I have heard them.”