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Ecclesiastes Chapter 10

Ecclesiastes
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Ecclesiastes

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Ecclesiastes 10 is a collection of proverbs on wisdom and folly, opening with the image that dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink, so a little folly ruins one respected for wisdom and honor. It contrasts the wise man's heart at his right hand with the fool's at his left, and counsels patience and yielding when a ruler's anger rises. The chapter warns against slothfulness that lets buildings decay, notes that feasts and wine make merry but money answers all things, and closes by cautioning not to curse the king even in thought, for a bird of the air may carry the voice.

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(1) 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.
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Exodus 30:34Exodus 30:35II Chronicles 19:2Nehemiah 6:13Nehemiah 13:26Matthew 5:13Matthew 5:14Matthew 5:15Matthew 5:16Galatians 2:12Galatians 2:13Galatians 2:14

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Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33Exodus 8:21I Kings 4:30Exodus 30:25

(2) A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10Proverbs 14:8Luke 14:28Luke 14:29Luke 14:30Luke 14:31Luke 14:32Ecclesiastes 10:10Ecclesiastes 10:14Proverbs 17:16Luke 12:18Luke 12:19

(3) 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.
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Ecclesiastes 5:3Proverbs 13:16Proverbs 18:2Proverbs 18:6I Peter 4:4

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Proverbs 17:21Ecclesiastes 2:16II Corinthians 11:16Proverbs 19:1Proverbs 28:26Ecclesiastes 2:14

(4) If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
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Ecclesiastes 8:3I Samuel 25:24I Samuel 25:25I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 25:27I Samuel 25:28I Samuel 25:29I Samuel 25:30I Samuel 25:31I Samuel 25:32I Samuel 25:33I Samuel 25:34

(5) There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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Ecclesiastes 4:7Ecclesiastes 5:13Ecclesiastes 6:1Ecclesiastes 9:3Ecclesiastes 3:16Ecclesiastes 4:1

(6) Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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Judges 9:14Judges 9:15Judges 9:16Judges 9:17Judges 9:18Judges 9:19Judges 9:20I Kings 12:13I Kings 12:14Esther 3:1Psalms 12:8Proverbs 28:12

(7) I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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Proverbs 19:10Proverbs 30:22

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Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 17:25

(8) He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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Judges 9:5Judges 9:53Judges 9:54Judges 9:55Judges 9:56Judges 9:57II Samuel 17:23II Samuel 18:15Esther 7:10Psalms 7:15Psalms 7:16Psalms 9:15

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Proverbs 26:27Exodus 21:33Proverbs 28:10Isaiah 24:18Jeremiah 48:44Numbers 21:9

(9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 18:33Revelation 18:12I Kings 5:17

(10) 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.
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Ecclesiastes 10:15Ecclesiastes 9:15Ecclesiastes 9:16Ecclesiastes 9:17Genesis 41:33Genesis 41:34Genesis 41:35Genesis 41:36Genesis 41:37Genesis 41:38Genesis 41:39Exodus 18:19

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Daniel 2:41Ecclesiastes 9:16Daniel 2:40I Kings 4:30

(11) Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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Psalms 58:4Psalms 58:5Jeremiah 8:17Psalms 52:2Psalms 64:3Proverbs 18:21James 3:6

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Jeremiah 44:25Numbers 21:9

(12) The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Job 4:3Job 4:4Job 16:5Psalms 37:30Psalms 40:9Psalms 40:10Psalms 71:15Psalms 71:16Psalms 71:17Psalms 71:18Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 10:20

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Ecclesiastes 2:16Proverbs 17:28Ecclesiastes 2:14Ecclesiastes 2:19I Corinthians 3:18

(13) The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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Judges 14:15I Samuel 20:26I Samuel 20:27I Samuel 20:28I Samuel 20:29I Samuel 20:30I Samuel 20:31I Samuel 20:32I Samuel 20:33I Samuel 22:7I Samuel 22:8I Samuel 22:16

(14) A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Ecclesiastes 5:3Proverbs 10:19Proverbs 15:2Job 34:37Job 35:16Ecclesiastes 3:22Ecclesiastes 6:12Ecclesiastes 8:7James 4:13James 4:14

(15) The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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Ecclesiastes 10:3Ecclesiastes 10:10Isaiah 44:12Isaiah 44:13Isaiah 44:14Isaiah 44:15Isaiah 44:16Isaiah 44:17Isaiah 47:12Isaiah 47:13Isaiah 55:2Isaiah 57:1

(17) 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!
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Ecclesiastes 10:6Ecclesiastes 10:7Proverbs 28:2Proverbs 28:3Jeremiah 30:21Proverbs 31:4Proverbs 31:5

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Esther 1:3Psalms 68:27

(18) By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 14:1Proverbs 20:4Proverbs 21:25Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 24:30Proverbs 24:31Hebrews 6:11II Peter 1:5II Peter 1:6II Peter 1:7II Peter 1:8

(19) A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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Ecclesiastes 2:1Ecclesiastes 2:2Ecclesiastes 7:2Ecclesiastes 7:3Ecclesiastes 7:4Ecclesiastes 7:5Ecclesiastes 7:6Genesis 43:34Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:4

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Mark 2:22II Kings 12:4Isaiah 55:1Matthew 9:17John 2:9Deuteronomy 16:16

(20) 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.
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Exodus 22:28Isaiah 8:21Acts 23:5Ecclesiastes 7:21Ecclesiastes 7:22Luke 19:40Luke 10:40Luke 12:2Luke 12:3

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Numbers 5:24Numbers 5:27Judges 5:23II Samuel 16:10Nehemiah 13:2Job 3:8

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