Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
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In Context
15The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city.
Cross References
Job 34:37so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.
Proverbs 10:19Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Therefore 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?
Ecclesiastes 6:12For 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?
Ezekiel 35:13And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me. I have heard it.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:13-16
The Contemptibleness of Folly. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great… Read the whole commentary →