Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
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- Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12–14 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.