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. 1 Mat 5:13-16Gal 2:12-14Exo 30:25Neh 13:262Ch 19:2Exo 30:34-35Neh 6:13 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. Ecc 10:14Luk 12:18-20Ecc 10:10Luk 14:28-32Pro 14:8Pro 17:16Ecc 9:10 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. 2 Pro 18:2Pro 13:161Pe 4:4Ecc 5:3Pro 18:6
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. Pro 25:15Ecc 8:31Sa 25:24-44 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 3 Ecc 5:13Ecc 6:1Ecc 3:16Ecc 4:1Ecc 4:7Ecc 9:3 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 4 Pro 28:12Pro 29:2Est 3:1Psa 12:81Ki 12:13-14Pro 28:28Jdg 9:14-20Jas 2:3-5 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Pro 19:10Est 6:8Pro 30:22 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Pro 26:27Psa 7:15-16Amo 5:19Est 7:102Sa 17:23Amo 9:3Psa 9:15-16Jdg 9:5 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 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. Jas 1:5Col 4:5Ecc 10:151Co 14:20Eph 5:15-171Ki 3:9Ecc 9:15-17Act 6:1-9 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. 5 Jer 8:17Psa 58:4-5Psa 52:2Psa 64:3Jas 3:6Pro 18:21
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 6 Col 4:6Luk 4:22Pro 15:2Pro 22:11Eph 4:29Pro 10:13-14Pro 10:20-21Pro 10:31-32 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 7 1Sa 25:10-11Pro 29:91Sa 20:26-331Sa 22:16-181Sa 22:7-82Ki 6:272Ki 6:312Sa 19:41 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 8 Pro 15:2Ecc 3:22Ecc 5:3Ecc 6:12Ecc 8:7Jas 4:13-14Job 35:16Pro 10:19 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Isa 57:1Jer 50:4-5Ecc 10:3Isa 35:8-10Psa 107:4Psa 107:7Ecc 10:10Hab 2:6
¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Isa 3:12Isa 5:11-12Isa 3:4-5Pro 20:1-22Ch 13:7Jer 21:122Ch 36:22Ch 36:5 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! Pro 31:4-5Deu 14:26Ecc 10:6-7Isa 5:11Jer 30:21Pro 28:2-3
¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Pro 14:1Pro 20:4Pro 24:30-34Heb 6:11Pro 21:25Pro 23:212Pe 1:5-10Pro 12:24
¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. 9 Psa 104:151Pe 4:3Ecc 2:1-2Ecc 7:11-12Isa 23:18Isa 24:11Luk 12:19Php 4:15-19
¶ 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. 10 Act 23:5Luk 12:2-32Ki 6:12Ecc 7:21-22Exo 22:28Isa 8:21Luk 19:40Luk 10:40