Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
LXX2012
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
Parallel Translations
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.
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
Cross References
Matthew 5:13–16Galatians 2:12–14Nehemiah 13:26Exodus 30:252 Chronicles 19:2Exodus 30:34–35Nehemiah 6:13
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