Bible Cross References
wise
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever your hand shall find to do, do with all your might; for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Hades, where you are going.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways, but the folly of fools leads astray.
Luke 14:28-32
28
For which of you, intending to build a tower, [does] not first sit down and count up the cost, whether he has the resources to complete it?
29
Lest perhaps after he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all those who see it begin to mock him,
30
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
31
Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, [does] not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32
Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks the [terms] for peace.
but
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the ax-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength; and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man.
Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool moreover multiplies words. No man knows what has been, nor what will be. Who shall tell him what will come after him?
Proverbs 17:16
Why has the fool wealth? For a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. [ 17:16A] He that exalts his own house seeks ruin, and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
Luke 12:18-20
18
So he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and I will build bigger [ones], and there I will gather all my crops and my goods.
19
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid away for many years; relax; eat, drink, and be merry."'
20
But God said to him, ['You] fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'