Ecclesiastes 4:5

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The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 9:20 : 20 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
  • Prov 11:17 : 17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel person brings trouble to his own flesh.
  • Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.
  • Job 13:14 : 14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

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  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 30:22
    73%

    22A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    73%

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

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

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 26:4-6
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    72%

    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.

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    72%

    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 21:25
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    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Eccl 6:7-8
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    72%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

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

  • Isa 9:20
    71%

    20Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Yet for all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.

  • Prov 13:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 5:11
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    11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

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

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

  • Eccl 7:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

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

  • Prov 10:4
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    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

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

  • Prov 26:9-11
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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.

    10A master archer who wounds all and one who hires a fool or passersby are alike.

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

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

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.

  • Prov 30:32
    70%

    32If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

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

  • Isa 44:20
    70%

    20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'

  • Job 5:2
    70%

    2For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

  • Prov 16:26
    70%

    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • Eccl 2:15
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    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 24:33
    69%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

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

  • Eccl 5:17
    69%

    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

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

  • Prov 14:8
    69%

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