Ecclesiastes 10:2

American Standard Version (1901)

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
  • Luke 12:18-20 : 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
  • Luke 14:28-32 : 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have [wherewith] to complete it? 29 Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, 30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 10:3
    83%

    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:33
    79%

    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 10:1
    78%

    1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

    16A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

  • Prov 17:24
    77%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 14:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

    9A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

  • Eccl 2:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 29:11
    75%

    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Prov 8:5
    75%

    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 17:16
    75%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Prov 18:2
    75%

    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Prov 13:16
    74%

    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Prov 19:3
    74%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 14:16
    74%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 15:7
    73%

    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Prov 15:21
    73%

    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 26:5
    73%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 28:26
    73%

    26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Eccl 4:5
    72%

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Eccl 7:25
    71%

    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

    23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Eccl 7:9
    71%

    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Eccl 6:8
    71%

    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Ps 49:10
    71%

    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Prov 21:2
    71%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.