14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: …
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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 the…
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