Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of fools will afflict them, 1 As that of one who knows not to go to the city. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
16Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, 1 And thy princes eat in the morning! 1
Cross References
Psalms 107:4I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the people; 1 I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles. 1
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, 1 His heart will fail him, 1 And all that he thinks of is folly. 1
Isaiah 35:8There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.
Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the abundance of thy sorcery, which thou hast learned from thy youth; if thou canst be profited.
Isaiah 57:1See how the just man has perished, and no one lays it to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.
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 →