1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. 10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. 11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things. 20 Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Eclesiastés · Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
Eclesiastés 10 Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
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Referencias cruzadas (19)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mateo 5:13–16; Gálatas 2:12–14; Nehemías 13:26; Éxodo 30:25; 2 Crónicas 19:2
- 2 Lucas 12:18–20; Eclesiastés 10:14; Lucas 14:28–32; Eclesiastés 10:10; Proverbios 17:16
- 3 Proverbios 18:2; Proverbios 13:16; Proverbios 18:6; 1 Pedro 4:4; Eclesiastés 5:3
- 4 Proverbios 25:15; Eclesiastés 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
- 5 Eclesiastés 5:13; Eclesiastés 6:1; Eclesiastés 9:3; Eclesiastés 4:7; Eclesiastés 3:16
- 6 Proverbios 28:12; Proverbios 29:2; Ester 3:1; Salmo 12:8; 1 Reyes 12:13–14
- 7 Proverbios 19:10; Ester 6:8; Proverbios 30:22
- 8 Proverbios 26:27; Salmo 7:15–16; Ester 7:10; Amós 5:19; Salmo 9:15–16
- 10 Santiago 1:5; Colosenses 4:5; Eclesiastés 10:15; 1 Corintios 14:20; Efesios 5:15–17
- 11 Jeremías 8:17; Salmo 58:4–5; Salmo 52:2; Salmo 64:3; Proverbios 18:21
- 12 Colosenses 4:6; Lucas 4:22; Proverbios 15:2; Proverbios 22:11; Efesios 4:29
- 13 1 Samuel 25:10–11; Proverbios 29:9; 1 Samuel 20:26–33; 1 Samuel 22:7–8; 2 Reyes 6:27
- 14 Proverbios 15:2; Eclesiastés 5:3; Santiago 4:13–14; Eclesiastés 8:7; Eclesiastés 3:22
- 15 Isaías 57:1; Jeremías 50:4–5; Eclesiastés 10:3; Salmo 107:7; Salmo 107:4
- 16 Isaías 3:12; Isaías 5:11–12; Isaías 3:4–5; Proverbios 20:1–2; Jeremías 21:12
- 17 Proverbios 31:4–5; Deuteronomio 14:26; Isaías 5:11; Eclesiastés 10:6–7; Jeremías 30:21
- 18 Proverbios 14:1; Proverbios 24:30–34; Proverbios 20:4; Proverbios 21:25; Hebreos 6:11
- 19 Salmo 104:15; Filipenses 4:15–19; Isaías 24:11; Eclesiastés 2:1–2; Lucas 12:19
- 20 Hechos 23:5; Lucas 12:2–3; 2 Reyes 6:12; Éxodo 22:28; Eclesiastés 7:21–22
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Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in season, in fortitude, and not in confusion!" He has called the devil a youth, because of the folly and pride, and rashness and unruliness, and other vices which are wont to abound at that age; but Christ is the Son of nobles, …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Therefore saith the Preacher, If the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee, quit not thy place.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)