1Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

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Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Galatians 2:12

2The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

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Luke 12:18, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:18, Luke 12:20, Ecclesiastes 10:10

3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.

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Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 18:6

4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

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Ecclesiastes 8:3, Ecclesiastes 8:3, Proverbs 25:15, Proverbs 25:15, 1 Samuel 25:24

5There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

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Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 6:1

6A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

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Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 29:2, Proverbs 29:2, Esther 3:1

7I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.

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Proverbs 19:10, Esther 6:8, Proverbs 19:10, Esther 6:8, Proverbs 30:22

8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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Proverbs 26:27, Proverbs 26:27, Psalms 7:15, Psalms 7:16, Esther 7:10

9He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

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10If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

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James 1:5, James 1:5, Colossians 4:5, Ecclesiastes 10:15, Colossians 4:5

11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

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Psalms 58:4, Psalms 58:5, Jeremiah 8:17, Psalms 58:4, Psalms 58:5

12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

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Colossians 4:6, Colossians 4:6, Luke 4:22, Luke 4:22, Proverbs 15:2

13The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.

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Proverbs 29:9, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Samuel 25:11, Proverbs 29:9, 1 Samuel 25:10

14A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 15:2, James 4:13, James 4:14, James 4:13

15The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.

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Isaiah 57:1, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Isaiah 57:1, Jeremiah 50:4

16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

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Isaiah 3:12, Isaiah 3:12, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 5:11

17Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

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Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5, Jeremiah 30:21

18By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

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Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 24:30, Proverbs 24:34, Proverbs 24:30

19For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

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Psalms 104:15, Psalms 104:15, Luke 12:19, Isaiah 24:11, Psalms 112:9

20Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.

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Acts 23:5, Luke 12:2, Luke 12:3, Acts 23:5, Luke 12:2