Smart people are wise because they think carefully about the things they do. But foolish people are fools because they think they can live by cheating.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - Easy To Read Version A wise man’s thoughts lead him in the right way. But the thoughts of a foolish person leads him the wrong way. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Smart people are wise because they think carefully about the things they do. But foolish people are fools because they think they can live by cheating.
Wise people say things that give you new information. But foolish people say nothing worth hearing.
If a foolish person has money, it is wasted. Why? Because that foolish person does not use the money to become wise.
But wisdom will make any job easier. It is very hard to cut with a dull knife. But if a person sharpens the knife, then the job is easier. \{Wisdom is like that.\}
A foolish person is always talking \{about what he will do\}. But no one knows what will happen in the future. No one can tell what will happen later.
Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.
The Son of Man will put the sheep (good people) on his right and the goats (bad people) on his left.
The thing you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing the good things God wants you to do. Then all these other things you need will be given to you.
You were raised from death with Christ. So try to get the things in heaven. I mean the things where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.