Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
World English Bible Classic
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In Context
15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go 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 10:19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains 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 can bring him to see what will 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 like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Ezekiel 35:13You 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 →