Popular Bible Verses from Kohelet (Ecc) 10

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If the [hatchet’s] iron [blade] is blunt, and [its user] doesn’t sharpen it, he will have to exert more effort; but the expert has the advantage of his skill.

If a ruler gets angry at you, stay at your post, because calmness soothes great offenses.

Just as dead flies make perfumed oil stink, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

The words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of a fool swallow him up.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; he who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.