Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 10
Dead flies cause the perfumerʼs shemen to send forth a foul odor;
so doth a little sichlut outweigh chochmah and kavod.1Co 3:18
A chachamʼs lev is at his yamin (right hand);
but a kesilʼs lev is at his semol (left hand).
Yea also, when he that is a kesil
even walketh along the derech, his sense faileth him,
and he saith to every one that he is a kesil.
If the ruach of the moshel rise up against thee,
leave not thy mekom;
for calmness pacifieth chatta'im gedolim.Psa 38:2
There is a ra'ah which I have seen under the shemesh, the sort of error which proceedeth from a shalit (ruler); Sekhel (folly) is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. I have seen avadim (servants) upon susim, and sarim (princes) walking as avadim upon ha'aretz.
He that diggeth a gumatz (pit) shall fall into it;
and whoso breaketh through a wall, a nachash shall bite him.Psa 7:16; Psa 57:7; Pro 26:27
Whoso pulleth out avanim (stones) may be hurt therewith;
and he that cleaveth wood may be endangered thereby.
If the barzel (iron)10:10 of the axe be blunt,
and he do not whet the edge,
then must more strength be marshalled;
but chochmah brings success.
If the nachash will bite before it is charmed,
there is no use in a charmer.
The words of a chachamʼs mouth are chen (gracious);
but the lips of a kesil will swallow up himself.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is sichlut;
and the end of his talk is holelot ra'ah.
A kesil also is full of devarim;
haAdam has no da'as of what shall be,
and what shall be after him,
who can tell him?Ecc 8:7
The amal of the kesilim wearieth him,
because he has no da'as of how to go to town.
Woe to thee, O eretz, when thy melech is a na'ar,
and thy sarim (princes) feast in the boker!Isa 3:4
Blessed art thou, O eretz, when thy melech is a nobleman,
and thy sarim (princes) eat in due season,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
By much atzlut (slothfulness) the rafters falleth;
and through idleness of the hands the bais leaketh.
Lechem is made for laughter,
and yayin maketh merry;
but kesef answereth everything.
Curse not the Melech, no not in thy thought;
and curse not the oisher in thy bedchamber;
for an Oph haShomayim may carry the voice,
and that which hath wings may report what you say.Exo 22:27