EC-10:1  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send

forth a

stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in

reputation for wisdom

[and] honour.

EC-10:2  A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's

heart at his

left.

EC-10:3  Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way,

his wisdom

faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

EC-10:4  If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave

not thy place;

for yielding pacifieth great offences.

EC-10:5  There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as

an error

[which] proceedeth from the ruler:

EC-10:6  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low

place.

EC-10:7  I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking

as servants

upon the earth.

EC-10:8  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso

breaketh an

hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

EC-10:9  Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he

that cleaveth

wood shall be endangered thereby.

EC-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.

EC-10:11  Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and

a babbler is

no better.

EC-10:12  The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but

the lips of a

fool will swallow up himself.

EC-10:13  The beginning of the words of his mouth [is]

foolishness: and the

end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.

EC-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?

EC-10:15  The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them,

because he

knoweth not how to go to the city.

EC-10:16  Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and

thy princes eat

in the morning!

EC-10:17  Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son

of nobles,

and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for

drunkenness!

EC-10:18  By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and

through idleness of

the hands the house droppeth through.

EC-10:19  A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry:

but money

answereth all [things].

EC-10:20  Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse

not the rich in

thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and

that which

hath wings shall tell the matter.

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