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| | Ecc 10:1 | Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
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| | Ecc 10:2 | A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
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| | Ecc 10:3 | Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
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| | Ecc 10:4 | If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.
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| | Ecc 10:5 | There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler--
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| | Ecc 10:6 | folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
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| | Ecc 10:7 | I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
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| | Ecc 10:8 | He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
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| | Ecc 10:9 | He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
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| | Ecc 10:10 | If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
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| | Ecc 10:11 | If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
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| | Ecc 10:12 | Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
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| | Ecc 10:13 | the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
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| | Ecc 10:14 | Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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| | Ecc 10:15 | The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
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| | Ecc 10:16 | Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
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| | Ecc 10:17 | Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for strength and not for drunkenness.
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| | Ecc 10:18 | Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
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| | Ecc 10:19 | Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
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| | Ecc 10:20 | Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
