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Ecclesiastes 10:4-14
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Ecclesiastes 10:4-14
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Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.
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There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make:
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Fools are given important positions while gifted people are given lower ones;
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I have seen servants ride horses while princes walk like servants on foot.
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Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it; anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;
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anyone who moves boulders might be hurt by them; and anyone who cuts logs might be harmed by them.
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A dull ax means harder work. Being wise will make it easier.
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If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?
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The words of the wise bring them praise, but the words of a fool will destroy them.
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A fool begins by saying foolish things and ends by saying crazy and wicked things.
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A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
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Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.