Eccl. 10
:1
10:1
Dead flies cause the perfumer’s ointment to stink, to ferment;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom
and honor.
Eccl. 10
:2
10:2
A wise man’s heart
inclines to his right, but a fool’s heart
inclines to his left.
Eccl. 10
:3
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
10:4
If the ruler’s spirit rises up against you, do not leave your place; for composure allays great offenses.
Eccl. 10
:5
10:5
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, like an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Eccl. 10
:6
10:6
Folly is set in many high places, and rich men sit in a low place.
Eccl. 10
:7
10:7
I have seen servants on horses and princes walking on the earth like servants.
Eccl. 10
:8
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
10:9
Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them, and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
Eccl. 10
:10
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
10:11
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
Eccl. 10
:12
10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Eccl. 10
:13
10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
Eccl. 10
:14
10:14
Yet the fool multiplies words.
aNo man knows what will be; and what will be after him, who can tell him?
Eccl. 10
:15
10:15
The labor of fools wears them out, because they do not know
even how to get to town.
Eccl. 10
:16
10:16
Woe to you, O land whose king is a
ayoung boy and whose princes feast in the morning!
Eccl. 10
:17
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
10:18
Through slothfulness the rafters sag, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Eccl. 10
:19
10:19
1They make a feast for laughter, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
Eccl. 10
:20
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
aheaven will carry the sound, or
something with wings will tell the matter.
