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Ecclesiastes 10:1

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As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

3 Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

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BSB
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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.
WEB
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
ASV
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
DARBY
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.
BLB
Dead flies rising up [in] the ointment of a perfumer give a stench; a little folly is heavier than wisdom and honor.
ÅB
Giftige fluer får salvelagerens salve til å lukte ille og gjære; endog et lite grand dårskap ødelegger en mann som utmerker seg ved visdom eller ære.
OTB
Døde fluer får parfymeoljen til å stinke, så litt dårskap er mer innflytelsesrik enn visdom og ære.
B1930
Giftige fluer får salvelagerens salve til å lukte ille og gjære; endog et lite grand dårskap ødelegger en mann som utmerker sig ved visdom eller ære.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 5:13–16

    You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

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  • Galatians 2:12–14

    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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  • Nehemiah 13:26

    Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

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  • Exodus 30:25

    Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

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  • Exodus 30:34–35

    The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

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