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Ecclesiastes 10:1
ESV Dead flies make the perfumer 's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
NIV As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
NASB Dead flies turn a perfumer’s oil rancid, so a little foolishness is more potent than wisdom and honor.
CSB Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
NLT As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.
KJV Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
NKJV Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, And cause it to give off a foul odor; So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.

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