Ecclesiastes 10

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        Ecclesiastes 10
      
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        <b>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.</b>
      
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         2.  A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
      
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         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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        <b> 4.  If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding 
        pacifieth great offences.</b>
      
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         5.  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from 
        the ruler:
      
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        <b> 6.  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.</b>
      
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         7.  I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
      
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         8.  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent 
        shall bite him.
      
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         9.  Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be 
        endangered thereby.
      
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        <b>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.</b>
      
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         11.  Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
      
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         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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         13.  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is 
        mischievous madness.
      
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        <b> 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?</b>
      
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         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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         16.  Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
      
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         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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        <b>18.  By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the 
        house droppeth through.</b>
      
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         19.  A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
      
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        <b> 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.</b>
      
      
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