Ecclesiastes 10:1-3; Ecclesiastes 10:12-15

1 Dead flies give perfume a bad smell. And a little foolishness can make a lot of wisdom useless.

2 The hearts of wise people lead them on the right path. But the hearts of foolish people take them down the wrong path.

3 A foolish person doesn't have any sense at all. He shows everyone he is foolish. He does it even when he is walking along the road.

12 A man who is wise says gracious things. But a foolish person is destroyed by what his own lips speak.

13 At first what he says is foolish. In the end his words are very evil.

14 He talks too much. No one knows what lies ahead for him. Who can tell him what will happen after he is gone?

15 The work a foolish person does makes him tired. He doesn't even know the way to town.