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Ecclesiastes 10:1 · BSB
10:1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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…he's about to explore the ordinary spaces of life, he brings us into a place of the minutiae of them, with this first proverb that he gives us inEcclesiastes 10:1. He offers this warning. He says, Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench. So a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. This is…
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…phrase that we use regularly. Here's another one, a fly in the ointment. Something that's small and irritating but spoils the lot. We find that inEcclesiastes 10:1. A dead fly gives perfume a bad smell. A little folly outweighs wisdom and honour. What about this one, the skin of my teeth? We use that saying,…
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…Hebrew word is, is, and boy, what a word. It's shemen. And it literally means when you look at what Solomon wrote, and he uses the same words inEcclesiastes 10:1and the Song of Solomon in chapter 1, verse 3, here's what he says. One was a bad fragrance, and one was a beautiful, sweet-smelling fragrance. So…
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