Ecclesiastes 10:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Dead flies corrupt and spoil the perfumer’s oil; more weighty than wisdom or wealth is a little folly!

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu the seer, son of Hanani, went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him: “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? For this reason, wrath is upon you from the Lord.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon, the king of Israel, sin because of them? Though among the many nations there was no king like him, and though he was beloved of his God and God had made him king over all Israel, yet even he was led into sin by foreign women.

Nehemiah 6:13

that I might act on it out of fear and commit this sin. Then they would have had a shameful story with which to discredit me.

Job 6:3

They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.

Exodus 30:25

and blend them into sacred anointing oil, perfumed ointment expertly prepared. With this sacred anointing oil

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

Haggai 2:12

If someone carries sanctified meat in the fold of a garment and the fold touches bread, soup, wine, oil, or any other food, do they become sanctified? “No,” the priests answered.

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai asked: “If a person defiled from contact with a corpse touches any of these, do they become defiled?” The priests answered, “They become defiled.”