noyes - Ecclesiastes:10

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer loathsome and corrupt; thus doth a little folly weigh down wisdom and honor.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A wise mans mind is at his right hand; but a fools mind is at his left.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Yea, even when the fool walketh in the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @ If the anger of a ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place! for gentleness pacifieth great offences.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun; an error which proceedeth from a ruler.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @ Folly is set in many high stations, and the noble sit in a low place.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:7 @ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on foot.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh down a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith, and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put forth more strength; but an advantage for giving success hath wisdom.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:11 @ If a serpent bite before he is charmed, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:12 @ The words of a wise mans mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool are his destruction.

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

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:14 @ A fool also multiplieth words, though no man knoweth what shall be; and who can tell him what shall be after him?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labor of the foolish man wearieth him, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:17 @ Happy thou, O land, when thy king is a noble, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:18 @ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and by the slackness of the hands the house leaketh.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:10:19 @ A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but money answereth all things.

noyes@Ecclesiastes: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.