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Ecclesiastes 5:3
Ecclesiastes 5:3 is verse 3 of Ecclesiastes chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
King James Version
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
World English Bible
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
3 As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.