Ecclesiastes 10:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 10:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:10-11
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. …
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Luke 11:38
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
Matthew 2:7-8
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-15)

Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in as a reflection upon those rulers who set folly in great dignity. I. Fools talk a great deal to no purpose, and they show their folly as much by the multitude, impertinence, and mischievousness of thei…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. Illustrating the folly and injuriousness of the fool’s words; last clause of Ec 10:12.