      | ¶ | 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. | |
| A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. | ||
| 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. | ||
| If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. | ||
| ¶ | There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: | |
 | Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. | ||
| I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. | ||
| ¶ | He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. | |
| Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ¶ | Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. | |
| The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. | ||
| The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness. | ||
| A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? | ||
| The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. | ||
| ¶ | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! | |
| 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! | ||
| By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. | ||
| A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things]. | ||
| 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. |
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Ecclesiastes - Chapter 10
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