Ecclesiastes 10:20 - Prayer Tents

10Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.H4194H2070H8081H7543H5042H887H4592H5531H3368H2451H3519 2It is natural for the wise to do the right thing and for fools to do the wrong thing.H2450H3820H3225H3684H3820H8040 3Their stupidity will be evident even to strangers they meet along the way; they let everyone know that they are fools.H5530H1980H1870H3820H2638H559H5530 4If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.H7307H4910H5927H3240H4725H4832H3240H1419H2399 5Here is an injustice I have seen in the world - an injustice caused by rulers.H3426H7451H7200H8121H7684H3318H6440H7989 6Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.H5529H5414H7227H4791H6223H3427H8216 7I have seen slaves on horseback while noblemen go on foot like slaves.H7200H5650H5483H8269H1980H5650H776 8If you dig a pit, you fall in it; if you break through a wall, a snake bites you.H2658H1475H5307H6555H1447H5175H5391 9If you work in a stone quarry, you get hurt by stones. If you split wood, you get hurt doing it.H5265H68H6087H1234H6086H5533 10If your ax is dull and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is smarter to plan ahead.H1270H6949H7043H6440H1396H2428H2451H3504H3787 11Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.H5175H5391H3908H3956H1167H3504 12What the wise say brings them honor, but fools are destroyed by their own words.H1697H2450H6310H2580H8193H3684H1104 13They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness.H8462H1697H6310H5531H319H6310H7451H1948 14A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.H5530H7235H1697H120H3045H310H5046 15Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.H5999H3684H3021H3045H3212H5892 16A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.H337H776H4428H5288H8269H398H1242 17But a country is fortunate to have a king who makes his own decisions and leaders who eat at the proper time, who control themselves and don't get drunk.H835H776H4428H1121H2715H8269H398H6256H1369H8358 18When you are too lazy to repair your roof, it will leak, and the house will fall in.H6103H4746H4355H8220H3027H1004H1811 19Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money.H3899H6213H7814H3196H8055H2416H3701H6030 20Don't criticize the king, even silently, and don't criticize the rich, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said.H7043H4428H4093H7043H6223H2315H4904H5775H8064H3212H6963H1167H3671H5046H1697