Ecclesiastes 10:14
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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In Context
13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
15The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Cross References
Job 34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Ecclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Ezekiel 35:13You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
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 →