Ecclesiastes 10 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

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1 H4194 Dead H2070 flies H8081 cause the ointment H7543 of the apothecary H5042 to send H887 forth a stinking H7381 smell: H4592 so does a little H5531 folly H3368 him that is in reputation H2451 for wisdom H3519 and honor.

2 H2450 A wise H3820 man’s heart H3225 is at his right H3225 hand; H3684 but a fool’s H3820 heart H8040 at his left.

3 H1571 Yes H1571 also, H5530 when he that is a fool H1980 walks H1870 by the way, H3820 his wisdom H2638 fails H559 him, and he said H3605 to every H5530 one that he is a fool.

4 H518 If H7307 the spirit H4910 of the ruler H5927 rise H5921 up against H5117 you, leave H4725 not your place; H4832 for yielding H3240 pacifies H1419 great H2399 offenses.

5 H7451 There is an evil H7200 which I have seen H8478 under H8121 the sun, H7684 as an error H3318 which proceeds H7989 from the ruler:

6 H5529 Folly H5414 is set H7227 in great H4791 dignity, H6223 and the rich H3427 sit H8216 in low place.

7 H7200 I have seen H5650 servants H5483 on horses, H8269 and princes H1980 walking H5650 as servants H776 on the earth.

8 H2658 He that digs H1475 a pit H5307 shall fall H6555 into it; and whoever breaks H1447 an hedge, H5175 a serpent H5391 shall bite him.

9 H5265 Whoever removes H68 stones H6087 shall be hurt H1234 therewith; and he that splits H6086 wood H5533 shall be endangered thereby.

10 H518 If H1270 the iron H6949 be blunt, H7043 and he do not whet H6440 the edge, H1396 then must he put H2428 to more strength: H2451 but wisdom H3504 is profitable H3787 to direct.

11 H518 Surely H5175 the serpent H5391 will bite H3808 without H3908 enchantment; H1167 and a babbler H3956 H369 is no H3504 better.

12 H1697 The words H2450 of a wise H6310 man’s mouth H2580 are gracious; H8193 but the lips H3684 of a fool H1104 will swallow up himself.

13 H8462 The beginning H1697 of the words H6310 of his mouth H5531 is foolishness: H319 and the end H6310 of his talk H7451 is mischievous H1948 madness.

14 H5530 A fool H7235 also is full H1697 of words: H120 a man H3045 cannot H5046 tell H4100 what H4100 shall be; and what H310 shall be after H4310 him, who H5046 can tell him?

15 H5999 The labor H3684 of the foolish H3021 wearies H834 every one of them, because H3045 he knows H834 not how H3212 to go H5892 to the city.

16 H337 Woe H776 to you, O land, H4428 when your king H5288 is a child, H8269 and your princes H398 eat H1242 in the morning!

17 H835 Blessed H776 are you, O land, H4428 when your king H1121 is the son H2715 of nobles, H8269 and your princes H398 eat H6256 in due season, H1369 for strength, H8358 and not for drunkenness!

18 H6103 By much slothfulness H4746 the building H4355 decays; H8220 and through idleness H3027 of the hands H1004 the house H1811 drops H1811 through.

19 H3899 A feast H6213 is made H7814 for laughter, H3196 and wine H8055 makes merry: H3701 but money H6030 answers H3605 all things.

20 H7043 Curse H4428 not the king, H408 no H4093 not in your thought; H7043 and curse H6223 not the rich H2315 in your bedchamber: H4296 H5775 for a bird H8064 of the air H3212 shall carry H6963 the voice, H1167 and that which has H3671 wings H5046 shall tell H1697 the matter.