Ecclesiastes 10:1

Flies `that dien, leesen the swetnesse of oynement. Litil foli at a tyme is preciousere than wisdom and glorie.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The herte of a wijs man is in his riyt side; and the herte of a fool is in his left side.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:25and thou schalt make the hooly oile of anoyntyng, an oynement maad bi the werk of a `makere of oynement.

2 Chronicles 19:2Whom the profete Hieu, the sone of Ananye, mette, and seide to hym, Thou yyuest help to a wickid man, and thou art ioyned bi frendschip to hem that haten the Lord; and therfor sotheli thou deseruedist the wraththe of the Lord;

Haggai 2:12Axe thou preestis the lawe, and seie thou,

Matthew 5:13Ye ben salt of the erthe; that if the salt vanysche awey, whereynne schal it be saltid? To no thing it is worth ouere, no but that it be cast out, and be defoulid of men.

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