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Ecclesiastes

ESV

Chapter 10

¹Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. ²A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. ³Even when the fool walks on the road, his sense is lacking, and he proclaims to everyone that he is a fool. ⁴If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. ⁵There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: ⁶folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. ⁷I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves. ⁸He who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent. ⁹He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them. ¹⁰If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed. ¹¹If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage to the charmer. ¹²The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him. ¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. ¹⁴A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him? ¹⁵The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city. ¹⁶Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! ¹⁷Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¹⁸Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house rots away. ¹⁹Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything. ²⁰Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or a creature with wings will tell the matter.