Ecclesiastes 10:1

New English Translation

One dead fly makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:2

the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you!

Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

Nehemiah 6:13

He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited.

Job 6:3

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

Exodus 30:25

You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

Haggai 2:12

If someone carries holy meat in a fold of his garment and that fold touches bread, a boiled dish, wine, olive oil, or any other food, will that item become holy?’” The priests answered, “It will not.”

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai asked, “If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”