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Ecclesiastes 10
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A Little Foolishness

10Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom [and] honor.H4194H2070H8081H7543H5042H887H4592H5531H3368H2451H3519 2A wise man's heart [directs him] toward the right, but the foolish man's heart [directs him] toward the left.H2450H3820H3225H3684H3820H8040 3Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone [that] he is a fool.H5530H1980H1870H3820H2638H559H5530 4If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.H7307H4910H5927H3240H4725H4832H3240H1419H2399 5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—H3426H7451H7200H8121H7684H3318H6440H7989 6folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.H5529H5414H7227H4791H6223H3427H8216 7I have seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.H7200H5650H5483H8269H1980H5650H776 8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.H2658H1475H5307H6555H1447H5175H5391 9He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.H5265H68H6087H1234H6086H5533 10If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen [its] edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.H1270H6949H7043H6440H1396H2428H2451H3504H3787 11If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.H5175H5391H3908H3956H1167H3504 12Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;H1697H2450H6310H2580H8193H3684H1104 13the beginning of his talking is folly, and the end of it is wicked madness.H8462H1697H6310H5531H319H6310H7451H1948 14Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?H5530H7235H1697H120H3045H310H5046 15The toil of a fool [so] wearies him that he does not [even] know how to go to a city.H5999H3684H3021H3045H3212H5892 16Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.H337H776H4428H5288H8269H398H1242 17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time— for strength, and not for drunkenness.H835H776H4428H1121H2715H8269H398H6256H1369H8358 18Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.H6103H4746H4355H8220H3027H1004H1811 19[Men] prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.H3899H6213H7814H3196H8055H2416H3701H6030 20Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound, and the winged creature will make the matter known.H7043H4428H4093H7043H6223H2315H4904H5775H8064H3212H6963H1167H3671H5046H1697


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