Ecclesiastes 10 : 1 (YLT)
Dead flies cause a perfumer`s perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
Ecclesiastes 10 : 2 (YLT)
The heart of the wise *is at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 3 (YLT)
And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He *is a fool.`
Ecclesiastes 10 : 4 (YLT)
If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 5 (YLT)
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
Ecclesiastes 10 : 6 (YLT)
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 7 (YLT)
I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 8 (YLT)
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 9 (YLT)
Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 10 (YLT)
If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom *is advantageous to make right.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 11 (YLT)
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 12 (YLT)
Words of the mouth of the wise *are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 13 (YLT)
The beginning of the words of his mouth *is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 14 (YLT)
And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?`
Ecclesiastes 10 : 15 (YLT)
The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 16 (YLT)
Wo to thee, O land, when thy king *is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 17 (YLT)
Happy art thou, O land, When thy king *is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 18 (YLT)
By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 19 (YLT)
For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
Ecclesiastes 10 : 20 (YLT)
Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

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