NITHYAM SONGSEcclesiastes 10
World English Bible (WEB) • 20 verses
1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
RelatedMatthew 5:13-16 · Galatians 2:12-14 · Nehemiah 13:26 · Exodus 30:25 · 2 Chronicles 19:2 · Exodus 30:34-35
2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
RelatedLuke 12:18-20 · Ecclesiastes 10:14 · Luke 14:28-32 · Proverbs 14:8 · Ecclesiastes 10:10 · Proverbs 17:16
3Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
RelatedEcclesiastes 5:13 · Ecclesiastes 6:1 · Ecclesiastes 4:7 · Ecclesiastes 4:1 · Ecclesiastes 9:3 · Ecclesiastes 3:16
6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
RelatedProverbs 28:12 · Proverbs 29:2 · Psalms 12:8 · Esther 3:1 · 1 Kings 12:13-14 · Proverbs 28:28
7I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
8He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
9Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.
10If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
RelatedJames 1:5 · Colossians 4:5 · Ecclesiastes 10:15 · 1 Corinthians 14:20 · Ephesians 5:15-17 · 1 Kings 3:9
11If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
RelatedColossians 4:6 · Luke 4:22 · Proverbs 22:11 · Proverbs 15:2 · Ephesians 4:29 · Proverbs 10:20-21
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Related1 Samuel 25:10-11 · Proverbs 29:9 · Luke 11:38 · 1 Samuel 22:16-18 · Luke 11:53-54 · Luke 6:11
14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
RelatedProverbs 15:2 · Ecclesiastes 6:12 · Ecclesiastes 5:3 · James 4:13-14 · Ecclesiastes 8:7 · Ecclesiastes 3:22
15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.
RelatedIsaiah 57:1 · Jeremiah 50:4-5 · Isaiah 35:8-10 · Psalms 107:7 · Psalms 107:4 · Ecclesiastes 10:3
16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
RelatedIsaiah 3:12 · Isaiah 5:11-12 · Isaiah 3:4-5 · Proverbs 20:1-2 · 2 Chronicles 13:7 · Jeremiah 21:12
17Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
RelatedProverbs 31:4-5 · Isaiah 5:11 · Jeremiah 30:21 · Ecclesiastes 10:6-7 · Proverbs 28:2-3 · Deuteronomy 14:26
18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
RelatedProverbs 14:1 · Proverbs 20:4 · Proverbs 24:30-34 · Proverbs 23:21 · Hebrews 6:11 · Proverbs 21:25
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
RelatedPsalms 104:15 · Ecclesiastes 2:1-2 · Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 · Isaiah 24:11 · Psalms 112:9 · Isaiah 23:18
20Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.