{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Ecclesiastes",
 "chapter": 10,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!"
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "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!"
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "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."
  }
 ],
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 "next": "/bible/ecclesiastes/11/",
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 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}