Ecclesiastes 10:15

American Standard Version (1901)

The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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  • Ps 107:4 : 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
  • Ps 107:7 : 7 He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
  • Eccl 10:3 : 3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for [the redeemed] : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein] . 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there] : 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isa 44:12-17 : 12 The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come] .
  • Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God. 5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [
  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Eccl 10:13-14
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    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

    14A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Job 17:10
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    10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 9:13
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    13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.