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Ecclesiastes 10

A Little Foolishness

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Deadh4194 fliesh2070 make a  aperfumer'sh7543 oilh8081 stinkh887, so a littleh4592 foolishnessh5531 is weightierh3368 thanh4480 wisdomh2451 and honorh3519b.

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A wiseh2450 man'sh2450 hearth3820 directs him toward the righth3225, but the foolishh3684  aman'sh3684 hearth3820 directs him toward the lefth8040.

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Evenh1571 whenh7945 the foolh5530 walksh1980 along the roadh1870, his  1senseh3820 is lackingh2637 and he  2 ademonstratesh559 to everyoneh3605 that he is a foolh5530.

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Ifh518 the ruler'sh4910  1temperh7307 risesh5927 againsth5921 you,  ado not abandonh5117 your positionh4725, becauseh3588  bcomposureh4832 allaysh5117 greath1419 offensesh2399.

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Thereh3426 is an evilh7463a I have seenh7200 underh8478 the sunh8121, like an errorh7684 whichh7945 goesh3318 forthh3318 from the rulerh7989--

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 afollyh5529 is seth5414 in manyh7227a exaltedh4791 placesh4791 while richh6223 menh6223 sith3427 in humbleh8216 placesh8216.

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I have seenh7200  aslavesh5650 riding  bon horsesh5483b and princesh8269 walkingh1980 like slavesh5650 on the landh776.

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 aHe who digsh2658 a pith1475 may fallh5307 into it, and a  bserpenth5175 may biteh5391a him who breaksh6555 throughh6555 a wallh1447.

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He who quarriesh5265 stonesh68 may be hurth6087a by them, and he who splitsh1234 logsh6086 may be endangeredh5533 by them.

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Ifh518 the  1axeh1270 is dullh6949a and he does not sharpenh7043 its edgeh6440, then he must  2exerth1396 more strengthh2428. Wisdomh2451 has the advantageh3504 of givingh3787 successh3787.

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Ifh518 the serpenth5175 bitesh5391a  1 abefore being charmedh3908, thereh369 is noh369 profith3504 for the charmerh1167h3956.

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 aWordsh1697 from the mouthh6310 of a wiseh2450 manh2450 are gracioush2580, while the lipsh8193 of a  bfoolh3684 consumeh1104 him;

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the beginningh8462 of  1his talkingh1697h6310 is follyh5531 and the endh319 of  2it is wickedh7463a  amadnessh1948.

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Yet the  afoolh5530 multipliesh7235a wordsh1697. Noh3808 manh120 knowsh3045 whath4100 will happenh1961, and whoh4310 can tellh5046 him  bwhath834 will comeh1961 afterh4480h310 him?

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The toilh5999 of  1a foolh3684 so weariesh3021 him that he does not even knowh3045 how to goh1980 to a cityh5892b.

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Woeh337 to you, O landh776, whoseh7945  akingh4428 is a ladh5288 and whose princesh8269  1feasth398 in the morningh1242.

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Blessedh835 are you, O landh776, whoseh7945 kingh4428 is of nobilityh1121h2715 and whose princesh8269 eath398 at the appropriate timeh6256--for strengthh1369 and not for  adrunkennessh8358.

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Through  aindolenceh6103 the raftersh4746 sagh4355, and through slacknessh8220h3027 the househ1004 leaksh1811.

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Men prepareh6213a a mealh3899 for enjoymenth7814, and  awineh3196 makesh8055 lifeh2425b merryh8055, and  bmoneyh3701  1is the answerh6030a to everythingh3605.

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Furthermoreh1571,  ain your bedchamberh4093 do not  bcurseh7043 a kingh4428, and in your sleepingh4904 roomsh2315 do not curseh7043 a richh6223 manh6223, for a birdh5775 of the heavensh8064 will carryh1980 the soundh6963 and the wingedh3671 creature will makeh5046 the matterh1697 knownh5046.



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