kjv@Ecclesiastes: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.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:2@ A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
kjv@Ecclesiastes: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.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:4@ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:5@ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:6@ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:7@ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:8@ He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:9@ Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
kjv@Ecclesiastes: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.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:11@ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:12@ The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:13@ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
kjv@Ecclesiastes: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?
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:15@ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:16@ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
kjv@Ecclesiastes: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!
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:18@ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:19@ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
kjv@Ecclesiastes: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.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:1@ Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:2@ Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:3@ If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:4@ He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:5@ As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:6@ In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:7@ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:8@ But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:9@ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:10@ Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
kjv@Ecclesiastes:12:1@ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
In his proverbial style Solomon shares his wisdom on sowing, on avoiding folly, on the poor, and on folly in the upright standing out like a stinking perfume. This section almost seems to break the previous train of thought that all is vanity. All is not vanity if the Lord blesses what is being done.
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