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Ecclesiastes 10:6-15 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

6. Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.

7. I have seen slaves on horseback while noblemen go on foot like slaves.

8. If you dig a pit, you fall in it; if you break through a wall, a snake bites you.

9. If you work in a stone quarry, you get hurt by stones. If you split wood, you get hurt doing it.

10. If your axe is blunt and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is more sensible to plan ahead.

11. Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.

12. What the wise say brings them honour, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

13. They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness.

14. A fool talks on and on.No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.

15. Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.

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