Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Labour
Because
Bible References
Labour
Ecclesiastes 10:3
Even when the fool walks by the way, he lacks prudence, and he says unto every one that he is a fool.
Isaiah 44:12
The smith shall take the tongs; he shall work among the coals; he shall give it form with the hammers and bring forth in it the arm of his strength; though he is hungry and his strength fails: he shall not drink water, even if he faints.
Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries in which thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to better thyself, if so be thou may prevail.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him and a taunting enigma against him and say, Woe to him that multiplied that which was not his! And for how long would he pile thick clay upon himself?
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Because
Psalm 107:4
They wandered lost in the wilderness, alone and out of the way; they found no city to dwell in.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; and for those in it there shall be someone to go with them, in such a manner that the foolish shall not err therein.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together, going and weeping they shall go and seek the LORD their God.