Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labor of the foolish wearies him, || In that he has not known to go to the city.

Literal Standard Version

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.

In Context

14And the fool multiplies words: “Man does not know that which is—And that which is after him, who declares to him?”

16Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a youth, || And your princes eat in the morning.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:4They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, || They have not found a city of habitation.

Ecclesiastes 10:3And also, when he that is a fool || Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, || And he has said to everyone, “He [is] a fool.”

Isaiah 35:8And a highway has been there, and a way, || And it is called the “Way of Holiness.” The unclean do not pass over it, || And He Himself [is] by them, || Whoever is going in the way—even fools do not err.

Isaiah 47:12Now stand in your charms, || And in the multitude of your sorceries, || In which you have labored from your youth, || It may be you are able to profit, || It may be you terrify!

Isaiah 57:1The righteous has perished, || And there is none laying [it] to heart, || And men of kindness are gathered, || Without any considering that from the face of evil || The righteous one is gathered.

Habakkuk 2:6Are these not—all of them—an allegory taken up against him, || And a moral of acute sayings for him, || And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Until when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

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 →

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