Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

Luke 12:18-20

Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Luke 14:28-32

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

But

Ecclesiastes 10:10
If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
Proverbs 17:16
Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
Luke 12:18
Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

General references

1 Kings 12:8
But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

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