Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.
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- Ps 107:4 : 4 They went astray out of the way in solitarines and in wildernes, and found no citie to dwell in:
- Ps 107:7 : 7 And he leadeth them foorth by the right way: that they might go to the citie inhabited.
- Eccl 10:3 : 3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
- Eccl 10:10 : 10 When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and that with might: Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence.
- Isa 35:8-9 : 8 There shalbe foote pathes & common streetes, this shalbe called the holy way: no vncleane person shall go through it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way, and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre. 9 There shalbe no lion, & no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there, but men redeemed shall go there free and safe. 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng: euerlastyng ioy shall they haue, pleasure and gladnesse shalbe among them, and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe.
- Isa 44:12-17 : 12 The smith maketh an axe, and tempereth it with hotte coales, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with all the strength of his armes, yea sometime he is fainte for very hunger, and so thirstie that he hath no more power. 13 The carpenter or image caruer taketh measure of the timber, and spreadeth foorth his line, he marketh it with some colour, he playneth it, he ruleth it, and squareth it, and maketh it after the image of a man, and according to the beautie of a man, that it may stande in the house. 14 Moreouer, he goeth out to hewe Cedar trees, he bringeth home Elmes and Okes, and taking a bolde courage, he seeketh out the best timber of the wood: he him selfe hath planted a Pine tree, whiche the rayne hath swelled, 15 Which wood serueth for men to burne: Of this he taketh and warmeth hym selfe withall, he maketh a fire of it to bakebread, and maketh also a god therof to honour it, and a grauen image to kneele before it. 16 One peece he burneth in the fire, with another he rosteth fleshe, that he may eate roste his belly full: with the thirde he warmeth him selfe, and saith, Aha, I am well warmed, I haue ben at the fire. 17 And of the residue he maketh hym a god, and grauen image for him selfe: he kneeleth before it, he worshippeth it, he prayeth vnto it, and saith, Deliuer me, for thou art my god.
- Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Nowe go to thy coniurers, and to the multitude of thy witches with whom thou hast weeryed thy selfe from thy youth, if thei may helpe thee or strength thee. 13 Thou hast hitherto had many counsayles of them: So let the heauen gasers, and the beholders of starres, and moone prophetes, come on now and deliuer thee, yea and let them shew when these new thinges shal come vpon thee.
- Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.
- Isa 57:1 : 1 The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked.
- Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those dayes, and at that tyme saith the Lorde, the chyldren of Israel shall come, they and the children of Iuda, weeping and making haste, and shal seeke the Lorde their God. 5 They shall aske the way to Sion, thither shall they turne their faces, saying: Come, and we wyll cleaue to the Lorde in a couenaunt that neuer shalbe broken.
- Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him? and a taunting prouerbe against him, and say: Wo he that increaseth that which is not his? how long? and he that ladeth him selfe with thicke clay?
- Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you. 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
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3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
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13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.
14 A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
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7 Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
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21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
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15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.
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2 The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.
3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
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6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.
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16 Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?
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24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
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8 For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?
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7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
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23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
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14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
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2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
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14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
15 Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.
16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
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14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
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24 Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.
25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
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16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
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9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.
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29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
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33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.
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9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
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23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
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5 The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.
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9 As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.
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19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.
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5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
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10 As for al you, turne you and get you hence I pray you seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.
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21 Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.
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8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
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21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
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11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
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4 Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so simple & foolishe that they vnderstande nothyng of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of their God.
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18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.
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13 A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,
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8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?
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10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
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30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man:
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6 For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.
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23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.
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3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
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5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.