A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.”
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
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