Ecclesiastes 10:3

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Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:16 : 16 Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:1-2
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    1 Dead flies can make the perfumer's oil stink and ferment; a small act of folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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

    16 Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

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    12 The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

    13 The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 26:4-6
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    78%

    4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself.

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

    6 Whoever sends a message by the hands of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

  • Eccl 2:14-15
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    14 The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

    15 Then 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.'

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

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

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

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

    9 The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10 The one who winks with an eye causes trouble, and a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

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

  • 28 Even a fool is considered wise if they keep silent, and discerning when they shut their lips.

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

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    11 Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

    12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

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

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

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

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

  • 26 Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

  • 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • 1 Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

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

  • 3 The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

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

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    18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

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

  • 6 A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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

  • 18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • 5 Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

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

  • 10 that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay.

  • 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

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