Ecclesiastes 10:12-15
12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; 13 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness. 14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him? 15 The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Here is how it works:
A foolish person comes up with an idea.
A foolish person imagines how the idea will have an impact.
A foolish person devises a foolish plan to implement the idea.
A foolish person finds advisors who will implement the plan.
A foolish person doubles efforts when results are poor.
A foolish person becomes tyrannical in order to have his way.
A foolish person takes many down with him.
A wise person comes up with an idea.
A wise person imagines how the idea will have an impact.
A wise person seeks wise advisors to study plausibility and report findings.
A wise person heeds the advice of wise council after studying assumptions, facts, and conclusions.
A wise person abandons bad ideas.
A wise person, in conjunction with wise advisors, ascertains financial costs of implementing the plan and weighs benefits against the costs.
A wise person, after counting the costs and adding up the benefits, will, with the help of wise council, devise a plan of implementation.
A wise person tweaks and adjusts plans that have less than expected results and abandons plans that have poor results.
A wise person seeks wise people to implement and see plan to fruition.
A wise person, along with those on his team of advisors and implementers, enjoy the fruits of the endeavor.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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