book_id: ECC

book: Ecclesiastes

reference: Ecclesiastes 10:1

text: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.


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 he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom 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 yielding pacifieth great offences.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:5

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:6

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:7

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:8

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:9

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


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:10

text: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:11

text: Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.


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 is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:15

text: The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because 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: Blessed 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 much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:19

text: ¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.


reference: Ecclesiastes 10:20

text: ¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.