Ecclesiastes 10:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

Nehemiah 6:13

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

Job 6:3

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Exodus 30:25

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

Haggai 2:12

If anyone has some holy flesh folded in the skirt of his robe, will bread or soup or wine or oil or any other food be made holy if touched by his skirt? And the priests answering said, No.

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.