Verse 2

A wise person's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart inclines him to the left.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but wisdom brings success.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
  • Luke 12:18-20 : 18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Luke 14:28-32 : 28 For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still far away and ask for terms of peace.