OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

Ecclesiastes 10:10

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If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

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Ecclesiastes 10:7–13

7

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

8

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

9

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.

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If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

11

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

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