{"id":9693,"date":"2026-03-25T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:55:04","slug":"ecclesiastes-101-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9693","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesiastes 10:1-7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10\u00a0<\/span>Dead flies\u00a0putrefy the perfumer\u2019s ointment, a<\/span><\/span>nd cause it to give off a foul odor; s<\/span>o does\u00a0a little folly to one respected for wisdom\u00a0and honor.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>A wise man\u2019s heart\u00a0is at his right hand, b<\/span>ut a fool\u2019s heart at his left.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>Even when a fool walks along the way, h<\/span>e lacks wisdom, a<\/span>nd he shows everyone that\u00a0he\u00a0is a fool.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, d<\/span>o not leave your post; f<\/span>or conciliation pacifies great offenses.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>There is an evil I have seen under the sun, as an error proceeding from the ruler:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6\u00a0<\/sup>Folly is set in great dignity, while the rich sit in a lowly place.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>I have seen servants on horses, while princes walk on the ground like servants.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

From the disagreeable effect which the presence of dead flies (v.1) in precious moistures produces in the sultry climate of the East arose the Arabic proverb, “A fly is nothing, yet it produces loathsomeness.” The toleration of the slightest folly in the life of a man of reputation will soon cause his reputation to [stink]. \u2014 KJV Commentary, page 751.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Like fine perfume, the purer one’s reputation, the greater its liability to ruin. The impact of folly is in direct proportion to one’s reputation; the greater one’s reputation for wisdom and honor, the more impact a little folly has on it. It only takes one moment to destroy a reputation that it took a lifetime to build. \u2014 Grace, page 1179.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In the language of Scripture the right hand (v.2) suggests that which is honorable (Luke 1:11), and the left hand that which is sinister and evil (Matthew 25:41<\/a><\/span>). \u2014 KJV Commentary, page 751.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Even in the most ordinary affairs of life (“the walking by the way”), watchfulness, discretion, and intelligence are needed. The fool by his left-handed folly proclaims every day in in the ordinary affairs of life, that he is a fool (v.3). But the man of discretion, the right hand man, “Leaves not his place,” i.e., does not assert himself when attacked (v.4), but by gentleness escapes worse evils. \u2014 Williams, page 447.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Verses 6-7 speak of the same thing: the error of a ruler in placing incompetent fools in positions of leadership and power while putting noble and qualified men in lowly positions. \u2014 Grace<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10\u00a0Dead flies\u00a0putrefy the perfumer\u2019s ointment, and cause it to give off a foul odor; so does\u00a0a little folly to one respected for wisdom\u00a0and honor. 2\u00a0A wise man\u2019s heart\u00a0is at his right hand, but a fool\u2019s heart at his left. 3\u00a0Even … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecclesiastes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9704,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions\/9704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}