Ecclesiastes 10:15
Work makes fools so worn out they can't achieve anything.
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In The King James Version
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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Psalms 107:4They wandered in the desert wilderness, unable to find a way to a city where they could live.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Just the way that fools walk down the road shows they have no sense, making clear to everyone their stupidity.
Isaiah 35:8There will be a highway there, a road called “The Way of Holiness.” Nobody bad will travel on it, only those who follow the Way. Fools will not go there.
Isaiah 47:12So keep going with your magic spells and all your witchcraft, which you have worked at since you were young. Maybe you'll be successful, maybe you'll terrify people!
Isaiah 57:1Good people die, and nobody cares; the faithful pass away, and nobody thinks that they were being protected from evil.
Habakkuk 2:6Won't all these peoples taunt them? They will ridicule them, saying, “What disaster is coming to you who pile up things that don't belong to you! You make yourselves rich by forcing debtors to pay! How long can you go on doing this?”
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:13-16
The Contemptibleness of Folly. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great… Read the whole commentary →