The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 9:13 (NASB)

Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 9:14 (NASB)

There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siege works against it.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 9:15 (NASB)

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 9:16 (NASB)

So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 9:17 (NASB)

The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 9:18 (NASB)

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:1 (NRSV)

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NRSV)

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

 

[Deade]

]Ecclesiastes 10:3 (NRSV)

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NKJV)
If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:5 (NRSV)

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler:

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:6 (NRSV)

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 10:7 (NRSV)

I have seen slaves on horseback, and princes walking on foot like slaves.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 10:8 (NRSV)

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

]Ecclesiastes 10:3 (NRSV)

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

10:3 Should be:

Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense,
and show to everyone that they are fools. (NRSV)

 

[Deade]

My bad, thanks for catching it.

Ecclesiastes 10:9 (NRSV)

Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them; and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NRSV)

If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 10:11 (NRSV)

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 10:12 (NRSV)

Words spoken by the wise bring them favour, but the lips of fools consume them.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 10:13 (NRSV)

The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness;