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 a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
Isaiah 44:12
A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
Isaiah 47:12
Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful -- maybe you will scare away disaster.
Isaiah 55:2
Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
Isaiah 57:1
The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
Habakkuk 2:6
"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Because
Psalm 107:4
They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.
Isaiah 35:8
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
Jeremiah 50:4
"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.