translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: ECC

book: Ecclesiastes

reference: Ecclesiastes 10:1

text: Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:2

text: A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:3

text: Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:4

text: If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:5

text: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:6

text: folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:7

text: I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:8

text: He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:9

text: Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:10

text: 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.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:11

text: If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:12

text: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:13

text: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:14

text: A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:15

text: The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:16

text: Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:17

text: 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!


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:18

text: By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:19

text: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:20

text: 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.