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
    2 verses
    83%

    1Dead flies can make the perfumer's oil stink and ferment; a small act of folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

    2A wise person's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart inclines him to the left.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

    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?

    15The 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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    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
    79%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    79%

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

  • Prov 15:21
    78%

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

  • Prov 26:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

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

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

    6Whoever 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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    78%

    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.'

  • Prov 18:2
    77%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 14:16
    77%

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

  • Prov 17:28
    76%

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

  • Prov 23:9
    76%

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

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Prov 17:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    75%

    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 28:26
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    26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    74%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Let 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.

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

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 18:6
    74%

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

  • Eccl 6:8
    73%

    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 10:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    73%

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

  • Ps 49:10
    73%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

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