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Ecclesiastes 9:13 (KJV)
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Ecclesiastes 9:14 (KJV)
there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Ecclesiastes 9:15 (KJV)
now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 (KJV)
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 (KJV)
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 9:18 (KJV)
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (KJV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (KJV)
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (KJV)
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 (KJV)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Ecclesiastes 10:6 (KJV)
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Ecclesiastes 10:7 (KJV)
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 (KJV)
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Ecclesiastes 10:9 (KJV)
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 (KJV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 (KJV)
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 (KJV)
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:13 (KJV)
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 (KJV)
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ecclesiastes 10:15 (KJV)
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 (KJV)
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes 10:17 (KJV)
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!
Ecclesiastes 10:18 (KJV)
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Ecclesiastes 10:19 (KJV)
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things .
Ecclesiastes 10:20 (KJV)
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.