Ecclesiastes 5:3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
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- Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12–14 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
- Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.