Ecclesiastes 10
1 As dead flies cause perfume to stink, so a little folly can overpower wisdom and honor.
2 The heart of a wise person tends to the right, but the heart of a fool tends to the left.
3 When a fool walks down a road, his thinking is deficient, proving to everyone he is a fool.
4 If the emotions of a ruler rise up against you, do not leave your work. Calm can quiet down great outrage.
5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, a kind of error that comes from a ruler:
6 Fools are given leadership positions, while successful men are given low positions.
7 I have seen slaves riding horses, and successful men walking like slaves on the ground.
8 Anyone who digs a pit can fall into it, and whenever someone breaks down a wall, a snake can bite him.
9 Whoever cuts out stones can be hurt by them, and the man who chops wood is endangered by it.
10 If an iron blade is dull, and a man does not sharpen it, then he must use more strength, but wisdom provides an advantage for success.
11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 As words begin to flow from a fool's mouth, foolishness comes out, and at the end his mouth flows with wicked madness.
14 A fool multiplies words, but no one knows what is coming. Who knows what is coming after him?
15 The toil of fools wearies them, so that they do not even know the road to town.
16 Woe to you, land, if your king is a young boy, and if your leaders begin feasting in the morning!
17 But blessed are you, land, if your king is the son of nobles, and if your leaders eat at the right time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 Because of laziness the roof sinks in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
19 People prepare food for laughter, wine brings enjoyment to life, and money fills the need for everything.
20 Do not curse the king, not even in your mind, and do not curse rich people in your bedroom. For a bird of the sky might carry your words; whatever has wings can spread the matter.
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- 1Mat 5:13–16, Gal 2:12–14, Exo 30:25, Neh 13:26, 2Ch 19:2, Exo 30:34–35
- 2Luk 12:18–20, Ecc 10:14, Luk 14:28–32, Pro 14:8, Pro 17:16, Ecc 10:10, Ecc 9:10
- 3Pro 18:2, Pro 13:16, Ecc 5:3, Pro 18:6, 1Pe 4:4
- 4Pro 25:15, Ecc 8:3, 1Sa 25:24–44
- 5Ecc 5:13, Ecc 6:1, Ecc 9:3, Ecc 4:7, Ecc 4:1, Ecc 3:16
- 6Pro 28:12, Pro 29:2, Psa 12:8, Est 3:1, 1Ki 12:13–14, Pro 28:28, Jdg 9:14–20, Jas 2:3–5
- 7Pro 19:10, Est 6:8, Pro 30:22
- 8Pro 26:27, Psa 7:15–16, Est 7:10, Amo 5:19, Amo 9:3, Psa 9:15–16, 2Sa 17:23, Jdg 9:53–57
- 10Jas 1:5, Col 4:5, Ecc 10:15, 1Co 14:20, Eph 5:15–17, 1Ki 3:9, Rom 16:19, Gen 41:33–39
- 11Jer 8:17, Psa 58:4–5, Psa 64:3, Psa 52:2, Pro 18:21, Jas 3:6
- 12Col 4:6, Luk 4:22, Pro 15:2, Pro 22:11, Eph 4:29, Pro 10:13–14, Pro 10:20–21, Job 4:3–4
- 131Sa 25:10–11, Pro 29:9, 2Ki 6:31, Luk 6:2, 2Sa 19:41–20:1, Mat 2:7–8, 1Sa 22:7–8, Jdg 14:15
- 14Pro 15:2, Ecc 6:12, Ecc 3:22, Ecc 5:3, Jas 4:13–14, Ecc 8:7, Job 35:16, Pro 10:19
- 15Jer 50:4–5, Isa 57:1, Ecc 10:3, Isa 35:8–10, Psa 107:7, Psa 107:4, Hab 2:6, Ecc 10:10
- 16Isa 3:12, Isa 5:11–12, Isa 3:4–5, Pro 20:1–2, 2Ch 13:7, Jer 21:12, 2Ch 36:5, Isa 28:7–8
- 17Pro 31:4–5, Jer 30:21, Pro 28:2–3, Ecc 10:6–7, Isa 5:11, Deu 14:26
- 18Pro 14:1, Pro 20:4, Pro 24:30–34, Pro 23:21, Pro 21:25, Heb 6:11, Pro 12:24, 2Pe 1:5–10
- 19Psa 104:15, Luk 12:19, Ecc 2:1–2, Isa 23:18, Ecc 7:11–12, Isa 24:11, Psa 112:9, Php 4:15–19
- 20Act 23:5, Luk 12:2–3, 2Ki 6:12, Ecc 7:21–22, Exo 22:28, Luk 19:40, Isa 8:21, Luk 10:40