acv - 10

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

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

acv@Ecclesiastes: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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

acv@Ecclesiastes: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.

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

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

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

acv@Ecclesiastes: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?

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

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

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

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

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

acv@Ecclesiastes: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.

Ecclesiastes 10