Ecclesiastes 9:10
9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands,
do it with all your might,
because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave,
the place where you will eventually go.
Proverbs 14:8
14:8 The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way,
but the folly of fools is deception.
Luke 14:28-32
14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down
first and compute the cost
to see if he has enough money to complete it?
14:29 Otherwise,
when he has laid
a foundation and is not able to finish the tower,
all who see it
will begin to make fun of
him.
14:30 They will say,
‘This man
began to build and was not able to finish!’
14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down
first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose
the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 If he cannot succeed,
he will send a representative
while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.