Pro 17:16, Ecc 10:10, 14, Luk 12:18-20 | ESV | STEP | Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense ?

i[See ver. 19 above]

k Ps. 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Eccles. 2:18, 21]

Proverbs 17:16

16 Why should a fool have money in his hand ^ato buy wisdom
when he has no sense?

Ecclesiastes 10:10

10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,
he must use more strength,
but wisdom helps one to succeed. ^{▼▼Or wisdom is an advantage for success}

Ecclesiastes 10:14

14 ^cA fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him ^dwhat will be after him?

Luke 12:18-20

18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^ebarns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up ^ffor many years; relax, ^geat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ^h‘Fool! ⁱThis night ^jyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^kwhose will they be?’