Ecclesiastes 10:15

The Message

A decent day’s work so fatigues fools That they can’t find their way back to town. * * *

Cross References

Psalm 107:4

Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live, Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion. Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time; He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves. He poured great drafts of water down parched throats; the starved and hungry got plenty to eat.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

Remember: The duller the ax the harder the work; Use your head: The more brains, the less muscle.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup, And whose princes party all night. Lucky the land whose king is mature, Where the princes behave themselves And don’t drink themselves silly. * * *

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Fools on the road have no sense of direction. The way they walk tells the story: “There goes the fool again!”

Isaiah 57:1

Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they’re finally at rest. They lived well and with dignity and now they’re finally at peace. * * *