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

Ecclesiastes 10:1-3

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.

3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.

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 wicked 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, so that he does not know the way to the city.