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