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

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Ecclesiastes 10:1-3

1 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.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-15

12 The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
14 A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
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