ACV - Ecclesiastes - 10

10:1  Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

10:2  A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.

10:3  Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

10:4  If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offenses.

10:5  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler:

10:6  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

10:7  I have seen servants upon horses, and rulers walking like servants upon the earth.

10:8  He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

10:9  He who hews out stones shall be hurt therewith, and he who splits wood is endangered thereby.

10:10  If the iron be blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must increase strength. But wisdom is advantageous to make right.

10:11  If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

10:12  The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

10:13  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

10:14  A fool also multiplies words; yet man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

10:15  The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city.

10:16  Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy rulers feast in the morning!

10:17  Happy are thou, O land, when thy king is the son of noble men, and thy rulers feast in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

10:18  By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

10:19  A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes glad the life, and money answers all things.

10:20  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 has wings shall tell the matter.