Ecclesiastes 10:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:16 : 16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
  • Prov 18:2 : 2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 ¶ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:

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    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

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