Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.
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- Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
- Prov 17:16 : 16 Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.
- 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.
- Eccl 10:14 : 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?
- Luke 12:18-20 : 18 And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes. 19 And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?
- Luke 14:28-32 : 28 For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it? 29 Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym, 30 Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende? 31 Or what kyng, goyng to make battell against another kyng, sitteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete hym, that commeth agaynst hym with twentie thousande? 32 Or els, whyle the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth an imbassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
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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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33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.
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1 A dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment, and maketh it to stinke: Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour, is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse.
- Eccl 7:4-52 verses78%
4 The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.
5 It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:
- Prov 12:15-162 verses77%
15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.
16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
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24 Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.
- Prov 14:7-93 verses76%
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.
9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.
- Eccl 2:13-164 verses76%
13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
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.
- Prov 10:8-92 verses76%
8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
9 He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.
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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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5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
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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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2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
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23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
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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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16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
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2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
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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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7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
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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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5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
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26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely shalbe safe.
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24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
- Eccl 10:12-132 verses73%
12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.
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14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
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12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
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5 The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.
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25 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.
- Prov 16:22-232 verses71%
22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.
23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
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9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
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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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9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.
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10 For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.
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2 Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.
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20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.
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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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1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.