Ecclesiastes 10:14
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14 (A)A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him (B)what will be after him?
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
James 4:13-14
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 For he (A)does not know what is to be, for (B)who can tell him how it will be?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his (A)vain[a] life, which he passes like (B)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be (C)after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with (A)many words.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is (A)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (B)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (C)what will be after him?
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 (A)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
(B)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Job 35:16
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Job 34:37
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37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he (A)claps his hands among us
and multiplies his words against God.”
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