Ecclesiastes 10:1

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Ecclesiastes 10:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

3 Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

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Exodus 30:35

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2 Chronicles 19:2

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Nehemiah 6:13

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Nehemiah 13:26

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Matthew 5:13

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Matthew 5:14

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Matthew 5:15

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Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Galatians 2:12

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

Galatians 2:13

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

Galatians 2:14

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