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| 10:1 |
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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| 10:2 |
A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.
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| 10:3 |
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.
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| 10:4 |
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.
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| 10:5 |
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
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| 10:6 |
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
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| 10:7 |
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves.
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| 10:8 |
He who digs a pit will fall into it;and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
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| 10:9 |
He who quarries stones is hurt by them;and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
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| 10:10 |
If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength;but wisdom helps one to succeed.
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| 10:11 |
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
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| 10:12 |
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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| 10:13 |
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
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| 10:14 |
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
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| 10:15 |
The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.
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| 10:16 |
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
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| 10:17 |
Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of free men, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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| 10:18 |
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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| 10:19 |
Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.
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| 10:20 |
Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich;for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.
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