3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. …
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Solomon’s design, in driving us off from the world, by showing us its vanity, is to drive us to God and to our duty, that we may not walk in the way of the world, but by religious rules, nor depend upon the wealth of the world, but on religious advantages; and therefore, I. He here sends us to the house of God , to the place of public worship, to the temple, which he himself had built at a vast ex…
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