ECCLESIASTES
Chapter 10
Eccl | AKJV | 10:1 | Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:3 | Yes also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he said to every one that he is a fool. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:4 | If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:5 | There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler: | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:8 | He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:9 | Whoever removes stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that splits wood shall be endangered thereby. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:10 | 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. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:12 | The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:13 | The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:14 | A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:15 | The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city. | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:17 | Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! | |
Eccl | AKJV | 10:18 | By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through. | |