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Ecclesiastes 10
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Ecclesiates11:1 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.
2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at
his left.
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom 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 yielding pacifieth great offences.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him.
9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that
cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to
more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no
better.
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of
a fool will swallow up himself.
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Fool here means stupid or silly
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the
end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and
what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because 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 Blessed 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 much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of
the hands the house droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy
bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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