Ecclesiastes:10




jub@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: likewise a small act of folly unto him [that is] esteemed for wisdom [and] honour.

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

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Even when the fool walks by the way, he lacks prudence, and he says unto every one [that] he [is] a fool.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @ If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, do not leave thy place; for meekness pacifies great sins.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is [another] evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceeds from the ruler:

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich are seated in [a] low place.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:7 @ I saw servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He that digs a pit shall fall into it, and whosoever breaks a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ Whosoever moves the stones shall have tribulation along with it, [and] he that cuts the firewood shall be endangered by it.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, [then he must] put forth more strength, but the advantages of wisdom excel.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:11 @ If the serpent bites without being enchanted, then the babbler is no more.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:12 @ The words from the mouth of the wise man [are] grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself.

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

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:14 @ The fool multiplies words [and says], Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labour of the foolish wearies all of them because they do not know how to go to the city.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:16 @ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes banquet in the morning!

jub@Ecclesiastes: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!

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:18 @ By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands [the rain] drips throughout the house.

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:19 @ The banquet is made for pleasure, and wine makes merry; but money answers all [things].

jub@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Do not curse the king, not even in thy thought; and do not curse the rich even in the secret [place] of thy bedchamber; for the birds of the air shall carry the voice, and those who have wings shall tell the matter.:


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