Ecclesiastes 10 : 1 (RV)
Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking savour: {cf15i so} doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 2 (RV)
A wise man�s heart is at his right hand; but a fool�s heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 3 (RV)
Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one {cf15i that} he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 4 (RV)
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding allayeth great offences.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 5 (RV)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Ecclesiastes 10 : 6 (RV)
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 7 (RV)
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 8 (RV)
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 9 (RV)
Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; {cf15i and} he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 10 (RV)
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 11 (RV)
If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 12 (RV)
The words of a wise man�s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 13 (RV)
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 14 (RV)
A fool also multiplieth words: {cf15i yet} man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ecclesiastes 10 : 15 (RV)
The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 16 (RV)
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes 10 : 17 (RV)
Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Ecclesiastes 10 : 18 (RV)
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 19 (RV)
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 20 (RV)
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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