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20/5/22. Study 24. Ecclesiastes 10:1-11

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Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench;      so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2  A wise man's heart inclines him to the right,      but a fool's heart to the left. 3  Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,      and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 4  If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,      for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. 5  There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: 6  folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. 7  I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves. 8  He who digs a pit will fall into it,      and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. 9  He who quarries stones is hurt by them,      and he who spli...