Chapter 10
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Dead flies
Heb. Flies of death. the ointment
a little
2 Chronicles 19:2 Nehemiah 6:13 13:26 Matthew 5:13-16 Galatians 2:12-14
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
wise
9:10 Proverbs 14:8 Luke 14:28-32
but
10,14 Proverbs 17:16 Luke 12:18-20
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
wisdom
Heb. heart. and he.
5:3 Proverbs 13:16 18:2,6 1 Peter 4:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
leave
for
1 Samuel 25:24-44 Proverbs 25:15
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
an evil
as an
from
Heb. from before.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Folly
Judges 9:14-20 1 Kings 12:13,14 Esther 3:1 Psalms 12:8 Proverbs 28:12,28
dignity
Heb. heights. the rich.
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
that
Judges 9:5,53-57 2 Samuel 17:23 18:15 Esther 7:10 Psalms 7:15,16 9:15,16 Proverbs 26:27
a serpent
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
wisdom
15 9:15-17 Genesis 41:33-39 Exodus 18:19-23 1 Kings 3:9 1 Chronicles 12:32 2 Chronicles 23:4-11 Matthew 10:16 Acts 6:1-9 15:2-21 Romans 16:19 1 Corinthians 14:20 Ephesians 5:15-17 Colossians 4:5 James 1:5
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
the serpent
a babbler
Heb. the master of the tongue.
Psalms 52:2 64:3 Proverbs 18:21 James 3:6
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
words
Job 4:3,4 16:5 Psalms 37:30 40:9,10 71:15-18 Proverbs 10:13,20,21,31,32 Proverbs 12:13,14,18 15:2,23 16:21-24 22:17,18 25:11,12 31:26 Matthew 12:35 Luke 4:22 Ephesians 4:29 Colossians 4:6
gracious
Heb. grace. but.
2 Samuel 1:16 1 Kings 20:40-42 Psalms 64:8 140:9 Proverbs 10:8,10,14 18:6-8 19:5 Proverbs 26:9 Luke 19:22
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
beginning
Judges 14:15 1 Samuel 20:26-33 22:7,8,16-18 25:10,11 2 Samuel 19:41-43 2 Samuel 20:1 2 Kings 6:27,31 Proverbs 29:9 Matthew 2:7,8,16 Luke 6:2,11 Luke 11:38,53,54 John 12:10 Acts 5:28-33 6:9-11 7:54-59 19:24-28
talk
Heb. mouth.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
fool
is full of words
Heb. multiplieth words.
a man
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
labour
3,10 Isaiah 44:12-17 47:12,13 55:2 57:1 Habakkuk 2:6 Matthew 11:28-30
because
Psalms 107:4,7 Isaiah 35:8-10 Jeremiah 50:4,5
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
when
2 Chronicles 13:7 33:1-20 36:2,5,9,11 Isaiah 3:4,5,12
and
Proverbs 20:1,2 Isaiah 5:11,12 28:7,8 Hosea 7:5-7
in the
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
when
6,7 Proverbs 28:2,3 Jeremiah 30:21
and thy
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Proverbs 12:24 14:1 20:4 21:25 23:21 24:30,31 Hebrews 6:11 2 Peter 1:5-10
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
feast
2:1,2 7:2-6 Genesis 43:34 Daniel 5:1-12 1 Peter 4:3
and wine
9:7 Psalms 104:15 Isaiah 24:11 1 Samuel 25:36 2 Samuel 13:28 Luke 12:19 Ephesians 5:18,19
maketh merry
Heb. maketh glad the life. but. Money which would have answered every good purpose, and served for every emergency, is too often spent in feastings and revellings.
7:11,12 1 Chronicles 21:24 29:2-9 2 Chronicles 24:11-14 Ezra 1:6 7:15-18 Nehemiah 5:8 Psalms 112:9 Isaiah 23:18 Matthew 17:27 19:21 Luke 8:3 16:9 Acts 2:45 11:29 Philippians 4:15-19 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Curse
Exodus 22:28 Isaiah 8:21 Acts 23:5
thought
or, conscience.