It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wise man's heart turns him toward his right hand, but a fool's heart toward his left. [Matt. 25:31-41.] American Standard Version (1901) A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. Common English Bible The mind of the wise tends toward the right, but the mind of the fool toward the left. Catholic Public Domain Version The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a foolish man is in his left hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand. |
It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?
If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.