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Ecclesiastes 10

10 Flies of death cause a perfumer’s oil to putrify and bubble;

weightier than wisdom or honor is a little foolishness.

2 The heart of a wise person, to his right,

but a heart of a fool, to his left.

3 And even whenever the fool is walking on the road,

his heart is lacking,

and it says to everyone

that he is a fool.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,

for calmness will cause great sins to leave.

5 There is a misfortune I saw under the sun,

like an unintentional sin that goes out from before the face of the authority.

6 Folly is placed into many high places,

and rich people sit in the lowly place.

7 I saw slaves on horses

and princes walking like slaves on the ground.

8 One who digs a pit will fall into it,

and one who breaks through a wall—a snake will bite him.

9 One who pulls up stones will be hurt by them;

one who splits wood will be endangered by them.

10 If the iron is dull,

but he himself does not lighten the faces,

he must exert strength.

But a profit to succeeding is wisdom.

11 If the snake bites without a charm,

then there is no profit for the master of the tongue.

12 The words of the mouth of a wise person are favor,

but the lips of a fool will swallow him.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,

and the end of his mouth is evil insanity,

14 but the fool multiplies words.

Humanity does not know what will be,

and that which will be after him—who will declare it to him?

15 The toil of foolish people wearies him,

so that he does not know how to go to a city.

16 Woe to you, land, that your king is a youth

and your princes eat in the morning.

17 Blessed are you, land, that your king is a son of nobles

and that your princes will eat at the time with might and not with drunkenness.

18 With laziness, the beams of the roof sink,

and in idleness of hands, the house will leak.

19 For laughter, people are making bread,

and wine gladdens life,

but silver answers everything.

20 Even in your thought, do not belittle a king,

and in the room of your bed, do not belittle a rich person,

for a bird of the heavens will carry the voice,

and a master of wings will declare the word.

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