Cross references

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of a fool wearies him,

for he does not know the way to the city.

Ecclesiastes 10:15 BSB

Ecclesiastes 10:15 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 57:1 (4 votes) and Jeremiah 50:4–5 (4 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 19 to Luke 13.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 10:15 point to?

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  1. The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

  2. “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God. They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

  3. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

  4. He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

  5. Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

  6. And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it. No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it. …

  7. If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

  8. The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint. The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. …

  9. So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

  10. Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

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