Ecclesiastes 10:1
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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.
Note Dead…: Heb. Flies of death
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Dead flies
- Heb. Flies of death. the ointment
- Exodus 30:34, 35
- a little
- 2 Chronicles 19:2; Nehemiah 6:13; Nehemiah 13:26; Matthew 5:13–16; Galatians 2:12–14