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bes@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he (note:)Gr. will think of(:note) thinks of is folly.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @ The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:7 @ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man. (note:)Alex. for tw andri ou reads tou andreiou; Wisdom is the advantage of an energetic man(:note)

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:11 @ If a serpent bite when there is no charmer’s (note:)Or, whistle(:note) whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:12 @ The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:13 @ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:14 @ A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labour of fools will afflict them, as that of one who knows not to go to the city.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:16 @ Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:17 @ Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:18 @ By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:19 @ Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but (note:)Hebrews. doubly translated(:note) to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

bes@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.

Ecclesiastes 10