dby - Ecclesiastes:9:13-10:20

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:13 @ This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:14 @ There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:17 @ The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

dby@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @ Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error [that] proceedeth from the ruler:

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @ folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

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

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:11 @ If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

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

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

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:14 @ And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:16 @ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:17 @ Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in [due] season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:18 @ By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:19 @ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.

dby@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.