A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 10:1
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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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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
- 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.