Ecclesiastes 10:15

New English Translation

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

Cross References

Psalm 107:4

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

Psalm 107:7

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

Isaiah 55:2

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Isaiah 57:1

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

Habakkuk 2:6

“But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) – he who gets rich by extortion!’