Ecclesiastes 10:15

New American Bible - revised edition

The toil of fools wearies them, so they do not know even the way to town.

Cross References

Psalm 107:4

Some had lost their way in a barren desert; found no path toward a city to live in.

Psalm 107:7

Guided them by a direct path so they reached a city to live in.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the ax becomes dull, and the blade is not sharpened, then effort must be increased. But the advantage of wisdom is success.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet fools multiply words. No one knows what is to come, for who can tell anyone what will be?

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when walking in the street the fool, lacking understanding, calls everyone a fool.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what does not satisfy? Only listen to me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare.

Isaiah 57:1

The just have perished, but no one takes it to heart; The steadfast are swept away, while no one understands. Yet the just are taken away from the presence of evil,

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, and make a riddle about him, saying: Ah! you who store up what is not yours —how long can it last!— you who load yourself down with collateral.