Ecclesiastes 4:5
The foole foldeth his handes together, & eateth vp his owne flesh.
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Referenced Verses
- Isa 9:20 : 20 Yf a man do turne him to the right honde, he shal famesh, or to the lefte hande to eat, he shal not haue ynough. Euery man shal eate the flesh of his owne arme:
- Prov 6:10-11 : 10 Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe: 11 so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
- Prov 11:17 : 17 He yt hath a gentle liberall stomacke, is mercifull: but who so hurteth his neghbor, is a tyraut.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 A disceatfull man shal fynde no vautage, but he that is content wt that he hath, is more worth the golde.
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.
- Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.
- Prov 24:33-34 : 33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: 34 so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
- Job 13:14 : 14 Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and my soule in myne hondes?
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
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6 One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
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24 A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.
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15 The slouthfull body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth.
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2 A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.
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4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.
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22 Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,
- Eccl 10:2-32 verses73%
2 A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.
3 A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.
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3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.
- Prov 26:4-63 verses72%
4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:
5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.
6 He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.
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14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.
- Eccl 10:12-154 verses72%
12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.
13 The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.
14 A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?
15 The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.
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25 The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.
- Eccl 6:7-82 verses72%
7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
8 For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?
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20 Yf a man do turne him to the right honde, he shal famesh, or to the lefte hande to eat, he shal not haue ynough. Euery man shal eate the flesh of his owne arme:
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16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.
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11 Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes)
- Prov 18:6-72 verses71%
6 A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.
7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
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6 For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.
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15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.
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16 What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?
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11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.
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29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.
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4 An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.
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15 Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
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25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?
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23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.
- Prov 26:9-113 verses70%
9 A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.
10 A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.
11 Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.
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23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.
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17 Foolish me were plaged for their offence, & because of their wickednesse.
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32 Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie yi self, or medlest wt eny soch thinge, the laye thine hade vpon yi mouth.
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21 An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.
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20 The kepinge of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke: maye not I erre?
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2 As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him, and anger slayeth ye ignoraunt.
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26 A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.
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15 Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.
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33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:
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5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.
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17 All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.
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16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.
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8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.