Ecclesiastes 10:14
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14 yet fools talk on and on.
No one knows what is to happen,
and who can tell anyone what the future holds?(A)
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?(A)
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James 4:13-14
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Boasting about Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”(A) 14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(B)
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)
Job 35:16
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16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
he multiplies words without knowledge.”(A)
Job 34:37
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37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he claps his hands among us
and multiplies his words against God.”
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