Book 21 Ecclesiastes Chapter 010


010:001	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.
010:002	A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
010:003	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.
010:004	If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
010:005	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
010:006	Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
010:007	I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
010:008	He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
010:009	Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
010:010	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.
010:011	Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
010:012	The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
010:013	The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
010:014	A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
010:015	The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
010:016	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
010:017	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!
010:018	By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
010:019	A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
010:020	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.