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Ecclesiastes 10:3

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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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  1. 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.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:2

    A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:4

    If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

  4. Ecclesiastes 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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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.