Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.
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- Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
- Prov 17:16 : 16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
- Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
- Eccl 10:14 : 14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
- Luke 12:18-20 : 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
- Luke 14:28-32 : 28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete? 29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him, 30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete. 31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.
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16 A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
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13 Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
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16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
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3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
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23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.
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23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
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26 He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.
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24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
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20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
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