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The American Standard Version of 1901

Ecclesiastes 10

1

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer 1 to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly 2 outweigh wisdom and honor. 1) Or to stink and putrefy 2) Or him that is valued for wisdom

2

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

3

Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his 1 understanding faileth him, and he saith 2 to every one that he is a fool. 1) Heb heart 2) Or of

4

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for 1 gentleness allayeth great offences. 1) Or calmness leaveth great sins undone

5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

6

folly is set in great 1 dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. 1) Heb heights

7

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

8

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

9

Whoso 1 heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. 1) Or moveth stones

10

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

11

1 If the serpent bite 2 before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in 3 the charmer. 1) Or Surely the serpent will bite where there is no enchantment; and the slanderer is no better. 2) Heb without enchantment 3) Heb the master of the tongue

12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of 1 his talk is mischievous madness. 1) Heb his mouth

14

A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

15

The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a 1 child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 1) Or servant

17

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is 1 the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 1) Or a free man

18

By slothfulness the 1 roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 1) Or rafters sink

19

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

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 hath wings shall tell the matter.



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