Ecclesiastes 10:15

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The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

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  • Ps 107:4 : 4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a desolate place; they found no way to a city where they could settle.
  • Ps 107:7 : 7 He led them on a straight path to a city where they could settle.
  • Eccl 10:3 : 3 Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but wisdom brings success.
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 And there will be a highway there, called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for those who walk in that way—fools shall not wander astray. 9 No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast go upon it. They will not be found there, but only the redeemed will walk there. 10 The redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
  • Isa 44:12-17 : 12 The blacksmith works with iron, shaping it in the coals. He hammers it with his tools and works it with the strength of his arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and becomes faint. 13 The carpenter measures out wood; he marks it with a stylus. He shapes it with chisels and marks it with a compass. He crafts it in the form of a man, a human figure, to dwell in a house. 14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow. 15 It becomes fuel for a man; he takes part of it to warm himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. 16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; he roasts meat over it, eats, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, 'Ah, I am warm; I see the fire.' 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol, and bows down to it. He worships it and prays to it, saying, 'Save me, for you are my god.'
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Persist then with your spells and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth—perhaps you might succeed, perhaps you might cause terror. 13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let those who divide the heavens, those who gaze at the stars, those who announce the months, stand now and save you from what is coming upon you.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
  • Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'the people of Israel and the people of Judah will come together, weeping as they go, seeking the LORD their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?"
  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Eccl 10:13-14
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    13The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.

    14A fool multiplies words; no one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good, and one who hurries makes wrong choices.

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    73%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    73%

    14The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

    15Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.'

    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

  • Prov 10:14
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    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    73%

    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • Job 17:10
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    10But as for all of you, return and come now, for I do not find a wise man among you.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8A wise-hearted person accepts commands, but a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice 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 you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.

  • Prov 9:13
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    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is honorable for a person to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.