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  10:1 ¶
Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly. |
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10:1 ¶
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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10:2
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. |
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10:2
A wise man's°
heart°
[is] at his right hand;°
but a fool's°
heart°
at his left.° |
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10:3
Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly. |
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10:3
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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10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences. |
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10:4
If°
the spirit°
of the ruler°°
rise up°°
against°
thee, leave°°°
not°
thy place;°
for°
yielding°
pacifieth°°°
great°
offences.° |
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10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. |
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10:5
There is°
an evil°
[which] I have seen°°
under°
the sun,°
as an error°
[which] proceedeth°°°
from°°
the ruler:° |
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10:6
The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. |
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10:6
Folly°
is set°°
in great°
dignity,°
and the rich°
sit°°
in low place.° |
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10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth. |
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10:7
I have seen°°
servants°
upon°
horses,°
and princes°
walking°°
as servants°
upon°
the earth.° |
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10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite. |
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10:8
He that diggeth°°
a pit°
shall fall°°
into it; and whoso breaketh°°
an hedge,°
a serpent°
shall bite°°
him. |
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10:9
He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby. |
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10:9
Whoso removeth°°
stones°
shall be hurt°°
therewith; [and] he that cleaveth°°
wood°
shall be endangered°°
thereby. |
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10:10
If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man. |
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10:10
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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10:11
If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer. |
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10:11
Surely°
the serpent°
will bite°°
without°
enchantment;°
and a babbler°°
is no°
better.° |
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10:12
The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. |
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10:12
The words°
of a wise man's°
mouth°
[are] gracious;°
but the lips°
of a fool°
will swallow up°°
himself. |
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10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. |
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10:13
The beginning°
of the words°
of his mouth°
[is] foolishness:°
and the end°
of his talk°
[is] mischievous°
madness.° |
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10:14
A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him? |
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10:14
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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10:15
The labour of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city. |
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10:15
The labour°
of the foolish°
wearieth°°
every one of them, because°
he knoweth°°
not°
how to go°°°
to°
the city.° |
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10:16 ¶
Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
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10:16 ¶
Woe°
to thee, O land,°
when thy king°°
[is] a child,°
and thy princes°
eat°°
in the morning!° |
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10:17
Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed. |
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10:17
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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10:18 ¶
By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces. |
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10:18 ¶
By much slothfulness°
the building°
decayeth;°°
and through idleness°
of the hands°
the house°
droppeth through.°° |
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10:19 ¶
Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience. |
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10:19 ¶
A feast°
is made°°
for laughter,°
and wine°
maketh merry:°°°
but money°
answereth°°°
all°
[things]. |
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10:20 ¶
Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech. |
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10:20 ¶
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.° |
