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Ecclesiastes 10:2
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A wise person’s heart goes to the right,but a fool’s heart to the left.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.
A wise person's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish person's heart directs him toward the left.
The heart of the wise leads to right, but the heart of a fool leads to wrong.
A wise man's heart turns him toward the right [which is the way of blessing], but a fool's heart turns him toward the left [which is the way of condemnation].
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.
The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
A wise man's heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
Sensible thoughts lead you to do right; foolish thoughts lead you to do wrong.
A wise man's heart leads him rightly, but a fool's heart leads him astray;
The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
The thoughts of the wise lead them the right way, but the thoughts of the foolish lead them the wrong way.
A wise mans heart thinks rightly; but a fools heart thinks wrongly.
It is natural for the wise to do the right thing and for fools to do the wrong thing.
The heart of the wise inclines to his right, but the heart of the fool inclines to his left.
The heart of the wise is toward his right, but the fool's heart toward his left.
A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; but a fool's understanding at his left.
A wise mans heart is at his right hand: but a fooles heart at his left.
A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
The herte of a wijs man is in his riyt side; and the herte of a fool is in his left side.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart is at his left.
A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart [is] at his left.
A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, But a fool's heart at his left.
A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one.
A wise man's heart leads him toward the right. But the foolish man's heart leads him toward the left.
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
The sense of the wise, is on his right hand, - But, the sense of the dullard, on his left:
The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.
A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.
The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
Wise thinking leads to right living; Stupid thinking leads to wrong living.
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wise: Ecclesiastes 9:10, Proverbs 14:8, Luke 14:28-32
but: Ecclesiastes 10:10, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Proverbs 17:16, Luke 12:18-20
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:8 - General 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook Ecclesiastes 2:14 - wise Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise
Cross-References
From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.
The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
Gomer and all her forces; the people of Togarmah in the inmost parts of the north, with all his forces: a great number of peoples with you.
And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand,.... This is not designed to express the direct position and situation of the heart of man, wise or foolish, which is the same in both; and which, according to anatomists, is in the middle of the body, inclining to the left side; but the understanding and wisdom of men, as Aben Ezra observes; which, with a wise man, is ready a hand to direct and assist him in any affair; and which under the influence of it, he goes about with great readiness and dexterity, and performs it with great ease and facility, without sinister ends and selfish views; it inclines him to pursue the true way to honour, heaven, and happiness, which lies to the right; to seek things that are above, at the right hand of God; and, in all, his honour and glory;
but a fool's heart [is] at his left; he is at a loss for wisdom and understanding to direct him, when he has an affair of any moment upon his hand; which he goes about in an awkward manner, as left handed persons do, and has sinister ends in what he does; and he is to every good work reprobate and unfit, and seeks earth and earthly things, which lie to the left, and in all himself. The Targum is,
"the heart of a wise man is to get the law, which was given by the right hand of the Lord; and the heart of a fool to get the goods of gold and silver:''
so Jarchi,
"his wisdom is ready to incline him (the wise man) to the right hand way for his good; but the heart of a fool to pervert him from it.''
The ancients o used to call things wise and prudent the right hand and things foolish the left hand.
o Suidas in voce δεξια.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The metaphor perhaps means âA wise manâs sense is in its place, ready to help and protect him; but a foolâs sense is missing when it is wanted, and so is useless.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:2. 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, c., 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. The wise man is always employed in doing good the fool, in nonsense or evil.
