Ecclesiastes 10 : 1 (ESV)
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 2 (ESV)
A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 3 (ESV)
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 4 (ESV)
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 5 (ESV)
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
Ecclesiastes 10 : 6 (ESV)
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 7 (ESV)
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 8 (ESV)
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 9 (ESV)
He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 10 (ESV)
If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 11 (ESV)
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 12 (ESV)
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 13 (ESV)
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 14 (ESV)
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 10 : 15 (ESV)
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 16 (ESV)
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Ecclesiastes 10 : 17 (ESV)
Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Ecclesiastes 10 : 18 (ESV)
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 19 (ESV)
Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 20 (ESV)
Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.
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