Ecclesiastes 10:13

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Beginning

General references

Proverbs 29:9

Bible References

Beginning

Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?”

Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, “It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean.”

Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.

And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why had our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David’s men with him over the Jordan?”

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,
“We have no portion in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;

Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

He said, “If the Lord does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,

The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first

ceremonially washed before the meal.

But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and

Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen;

General references

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,

The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.