Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
"There are two kinds of men here, and we must note where the distinction is not. Both the wise man and the foolish work equally hard in building a house. But the more the fool does, the worse he is making it for himself when the day of disaster comes. The more he puts into his house, the more he will lose. The more he puts into his house, the greater the pile of debris he will have. When the investment is a poor one, the situation is not bettered through having a tremendous amount invested. Foolish investors are not applauded for their effort." -- Douglas Wilson, Not as the Scribes
The harder one works foolishly, the more he foolishly loses. The fool is foolish not only for building in such a way as to lose the fruit of his efforts, but to work so hard at increasing the amount of his loss. The fool's diligence only serves to magnify his disaster.
The harder one works wisely, the more he wisely keeps. The wise man is wise not only in building in such away as to be able retain the fruit of his efforts, but to work hard in increasing the amount of his gain. The wise man's diligence serves to multiply his reward.
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