전도서 10장 NASB
- 1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
- 2 A wise man's heart directs him toward the right but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
- 3 Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
- 4 If the ruler's temper rises against you do not abandon your position because composure allays great offenses.
- 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun like an error which goes forth from the ruler--
- 6 folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
- 7 I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
- 8 He who digs a pit may fall into it and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
- 9 He who quarries stones may be hurt by them and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
- 10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
- 11 If the serpent bites before being charmed there is no profit for the charmer.
- 12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious while the lips of a fool consume him;
- 13 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
- 14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen and who can tell him what will come after him?
- 15 The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
- 16 Woe to you O land whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
- 17 Blessed are you O land whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for strength and not for drunkenness.
- 18 Through indolence the rafters sag and through slackness the house leaks.
- 19 Men prepare a meal for enjoyment and wine makes life merry and money is the answer to everything.
- 20 Furthermore in your bedchamber do not curse a king and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.