Ecc 10:1  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Ecc 10:2  A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Ecc 10:3  Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

Ecc 10:4  If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Ecc 10:5  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Ecc 10:6  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

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

Ecc 10:8  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Ecc 10:9  Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

Ecc 10:10  If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecc 10:11  Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

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

Ecc 10:13  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecc 10:14  A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecc 10:15  The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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

Ecc 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!

Ecc 10:18  By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Ecc 10:19  A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

Ecc 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.
 

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