The most popular Bible verses from Ecclesiastes 10

Found 20 Verses

Ecclesiastes 10:11

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If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee. NIV

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake]. AMP

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. NIV

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. AMP

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:14

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And fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming – who can tell them what will happen after them? NIV

A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be--and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him? AMP

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. NIV

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning! AMP

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:20

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Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. NIV

Curse not the king, no, not even in your thoughts, and curse not the rich in your bedchamber, for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and a winged creature will tell the matter. [Exod. 22:28.] AMP

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. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:17

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Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time – for strength and not for drunkenness. NIV

Happy (fortunate and to be envied) are you, O land, when your king is a free man and of noble birth and character and when your officials feast at the proper time--for strength and not for drunkenness! [Isa. 32:8.] AMP

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! KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:18

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Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. NIV

Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. AMP

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:13

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At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness – NIV

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness. AMP

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

Ecclesiastes 10:19

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A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything. NIV

[Instead of repairing the breaches, the officials] make a feast for laughter, serve wine to cheer life, and [depend on tax] money to answer for all of it. AMP

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:15

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The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town. NIV

The labor of fools wearies every one of them, because [he is so ignorant of the ordinary matters that] he does not even know how to get to town. AMP

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. KJV