Ecclesiastes 10 - ESV

1 Dead flies make ¹the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 ²A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.

3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he ³says to everyone that he is a fool.

4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, ⁴do not leave your place, ⁵for calmness^a will lay great offenses to rest.

5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were ⁶an error proceeding from the ruler:

6 ⁷folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

7 ⁸I have seen slaves ⁹on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

8 He who ¹⁰digs a pit will fall into it, and ¹¹a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

9 ¹²He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who ¹³splits logs is endangered by them.

10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.^b

11 If the serpent bites before it is ¹⁴charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth ¹⁵win him favor,^c but ¹⁶the lips of a fool consume him.

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

14 ¹⁷A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him ¹⁸what will be after him?

15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know ¹⁹the way to the city.

16 ²⁰Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for ²¹drunkenness!

18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

19 Bread is made for laughter, and ²²wine gladdens life, and ²³money answers everything.

20 Even in your thoughts, ²⁴do not curse the king, nor in your ²⁵bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes 10 ESV

Ecclesiastes 10 ESV

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