Ecclesiastes 10:10
“If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.”
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Related Verses
“Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.”
“Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”
“Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.”
“The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.”
“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”