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Eccl.|10:1|-|Dead flies cause the perfumer’s ointment to stink, to ferment; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Eccl.|10:2|-|A wise man’s heart inclines to his right, but a fool’s heart inclines to his left.
Eccl.|10:3|-|And also, when the fool walks on the way, his sense fails him, and he tells everyone that he is a fool.
Eccl.|10:4|-|If the ruler’s spirit rises up against you, do not leave your place; for composure allays great offenses.
Eccl.|10:5|-|There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, like an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Eccl.|10:6|-|Folly is set in many high places, and rich men sit in a low place.
Eccl.|10:7|-|I have seen servants on horses and princes walking on the earth like servants.
Eccl.|10:8|-|He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent;
Eccl.|10:9|-|Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them, and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
Eccl.|10:10|-|If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then he must apply more strength; but wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
Eccl.|10:11|-|If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
Eccl.|10:12|-|The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Eccl.|10:13|-|The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
Eccl.|10:14|-|Yet the fool multiplies words. |a|No man knows what will be; and what will be after him, who can tell him?
Eccl.|10:15|-|The labor of fools wears them out, because they do not know even how to get to town.
Eccl.|10:16|-|Woe to you, O land whose king is a |a|young boy and whose princes feast in the morning!
Eccl.|10:17|-|Happy are you, O land whose king is the son of nobles and whose princes feast at the proper time, for strength and not for drunkenness!
Eccl.|10:18|-|Through slothfulness the rafters sag, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Eccl.|10:19|-||1|They make a feast for laughter, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
Eccl.|10:20|-|Do not curse the king even in your thought, and do not curse a rich man in your bedroom; for a bird of |a|heaven will carry the sound, or something with wings will tell the matter.
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