Ecclesiastes 10:9-19 (New Revised Standard)
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Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them; and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
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If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed.
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If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
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Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.
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The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness;
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yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
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The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town.
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Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant, a and your princes feast in the morning!
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Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time— for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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Feasts are made for laughter; wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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