Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.
15The labour of fools will afflict them, as that of one who knows not to go to the city.
Cross References
Job 34:37that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if we speak many words before the Lord.
Proverbs 10:19By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.
Ecclesiastes 3:22And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 6:12What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ezekiel 35:13and thou hast spoken swelling words against me with thy mouth: I have heard them.
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 →