Ecclesiastes 10:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perish, and no one considers why; the devout are taken away, while no one understands that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense and show to everyone that they are fools.

Psalm 107:7

he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.

Psalm 107:4

Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not everyone taunt such people and, with mocking riddles, say about them, “Alas for you who heap up what is not your own!” How long will you load yourselves with goods taken in pledge?

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes feast in the morning!