Ecclesiastes 10:13

The fool's talk begins as foolishness and ends in wicked madness. Unchecked folly only grows worse the longer it speaks.

Cross-references · 20

• 1 Sam 25:10–11But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
• Prov 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
• Acts 6:9–11But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
• 1 Sam 20:26–33Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
• 2 Kgs 6:31He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
• John 12:10So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
• 2 Kgs 6:27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
• Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
• Acts 5:28–33“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
• Matt 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
• 1 Sam 22:7–8Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
• 1 Sam 22:16–18But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
• Luke 11:38But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
• Luke 6:11But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• Judg 14:15So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”
• 2 Sam 19:41Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
• Luke 6:2But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
• Matt 2:7–8Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
• Acts 19:24–28It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
• Acts 7:54–59On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

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