Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
BSB
ASV
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
KJV
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
"A wise man's mind tends to his right; while a fool's mind tends to his left. Even on the road as the fool walks, he lacks sense, and proclaims to all that he is a fool. "And in the Gospel it is taught that a wise man's left does not know what his right is doing. And when we are hit on the right side of the face, we do not show the left cheek to he who hit us, but the other one.
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand - As the right hand is ordinarily the best exercised, strongest, and most ready, and the left the contrary, they show, 1. The command which the wise man has over his own mind, feelings, passions, etc., and the prudence with which he acts. And, 2. The want of prudence and management in the fool, who has no restraint on his passions, and no rule or guard upon his tongue. The right hand and the left are used in Scripture to express good and evil.
(Ec 2:14). right--The right hand is more expert than the left. The godly wise is more on his guard than the foolish sinner, though at times he slip. Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without one.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
leads to
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
leads to
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
leads to
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.