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| V1 "a little folly"(סִכְלוּת)<Ref name="cikluwth">{{05531}}</Ref> is costly<Ref name="yaqar">{{03368}}</Ref> for wisdom (in administration)<Ref name="chokmah">{{02451}}</Ref> [and] ''glory, honour, glorious, abundance''(מִכָּב֖וֹד)<Ref name="kabowd">{{03519}}</Ref>.
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|V2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand(לִֽ'''ימִינ֔וֹ''')<Ref name="yamiyn">{{03225}}</Ref>; but a fool's heart at his left(לִֽ'''שְׂמֹאלֽוֹ''')<Ref name="sëmowl">{{08040}}</Ref> . The word form of "left" only appears in [[Jonah 4]]<Ref>[[Jonah 4]]:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?</Ref>Jesus had something to say about the left and the right hand.<Ref>Matthew 6:3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
: Matthew 25:41  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:</Ref>
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| V3 "A fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth" because when he does as the fool it darkens his mind so that he cannot see clearly. 
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| V4 "If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave (normally יָנַח but in this text we see תַּנַּ֑ח TavNunChet)‎ <Ref name="yanach">{{03240}}</Ref>  not thy place; for yielding ((healing) מַרְפֵא‎)<Ref name="marpe">{{04832}}</Ref> pacifieth(the same root word for leave יָנַח YodNunChet is changed here in the text where we see יַנִּ֖יחַ YodNunYodChet)‎ <Ref name="yanach">{{03240}}</Ref>  great offences." <Br>The ''teacher/gatherer'' equates this [[foolish]]ness with a ruler or the spirit of one who rules. [[Saul]] was a [[foolish]] ruler when he forced a sacrifice with the right hand of his power as king. He rose up against the right of the people to choose to give. 
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| V5  There is an ''evil which proceedeth from the ruler that is an error''(Begins with a [[Kaf]] and includes a [[double Gimel]] (כִּ'''שְׁגָגָ֕ה'''))<Ref name="shëgagah">{{07684}}</Ref>. What was the error of [[Saul]] and the error of the [[pharisees]] which made the word of God to none effect? Was it their [[Corban]]? What did Jesus say about the governments of the gentiles who [[exercise authority]]?
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| V6 Folly is set in great dignity(elevated), and the rich sit in low place.
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|V7 "servants upon horses" The king was not to multiply his horses, which is to say he was not to raise an army against the people. According to [[Deuteronomy 17]] that was to be written in your constitution. But here the servants multiply horses. The [[bureaucracy]] itself becomes the army. They become the swarms of office that eat out the substance of the people. They are the [[locust]]. This of course makes the people who are suppose to ne the "princes"('''וְ'''שָׂרִ֛'''ים''')<Ref name="sar">{{08269}}</Ref> of the government of, for, and, by the people<Ref name="Johnwy">{{Johnwy}}</Ref> to be "walking as servants([[05650|bondsmen]])".
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| V8 "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it;" is another metaphor like the [[table]] that a [[snare]], the the [[one purse]] that is a [[snare|net]], the [[bite|biting]] that gets you devoured.
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| V9 Our own actions put us in danger. We fail to see<Ref name="hearsee">{{hearsee}}</Ref> one truth and many others may fall on us. The word reove actually 0means to ''quarry''. And in the phrase "cleaveth wood" we see cleaveth from baqa‘ [[01234]] BeitKufAyin בָּקַע‎  appearing as bōwqêa‘ BeitVavKufAyin בּוֹקֵ֥עַ.That formonly appears here and in Isaiah 63:12 descrubung Moses "who divided" waters.<Br>
The word for ''wood'' is ‘ets [[06086]] normally spelled AyinTzadik עֵץ‎ but here we see ‘êṣîm AyinTzadikYodMem עֵצִ֖ים. The text ‘atsam עָצַם‎  is a primitive root ''increased, mighty'' and is said to mean "to be vast, to be mighty, to be numerous" but also "to shut (the eyes), close (the eyes)." And we see the same letters  עֶצֶם‎ ‘etsem [[06106]]
meaning ''bone''.
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| V10 We must seek righteousness like a sharp knife or the work will get harder.<Ref name="lBurden'">{{lBurden}}</Ref>
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| V11 People speak of their own mind and ambitious heart instead of their God's heart. This is usually because they cannot forgive someone. We cannot see the heart of God<Ref name="Writeheart">{{Writeheart}}</Ref> with out forgiveness. Unforgiveness is the poison of the serpent for their heart is cold.
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| V12 What comes out of your mouth?<Ref name="outmouth">{{outmouth}}</Ref>
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| V12-15 is about the words of the [[foolish]] mouth that brings a man to [[employ|endless labor]] in the [[cities of blood]] because he would not hear the anguish of his brother or share a portion with the poor.
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| V16 Woe when the king is a spoiled child and the princes eat before they labor destruction comes.
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| V17 fir strength biḡḇūrāh (בִּגְבוּרָ֖ה)<Ref name="gëbuwrah">{{01369}}</Ref> and not drunkeness ḇaššəṯî (בַשְּׁתִֽי׃)<Ref name="shëthiy">{{08358}}</Ref>
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| V18 [[slothful]]ness in the way of righteousness cause the people to [[degenerate]]. The idleness (ūḇəšip̄lūṯ (וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת))<Ref name="shiphluwth">{{08220}}</Ref> of the hands in righteousness is the result of their [[covetous practices]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>
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| V19 "but money answereth all things." Many commentaries struggle with this verse.<Ref>Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers "(19) I look on these verses as isolated proverbs, and believe that the obvious meaning suggested by the English of this verse is the right one. Those who strive to trace a continuity of thought take Ecclesiastes 10:18 as a figurative description of the ruin of an ill-governed land;</Ref> But the root word KufSomechPei (כֶּסֶף)‎ translated ''money''  in the text appears as wəhakkesep̄ VavHeyKufSomechPei(וְהַכֶּ֖סֶף)<Ref name="keceph">{{03701}}</Ref> is from a differnet root word word spelled the same KufSomechPei (כֶּסֶף)‎ but translated ''desire or long'' meaning to ''long for''. There is a word in the text which is not translated, ḥayyîm (חַיִּ֑ים) which mean ''life or alive''. Is this verse about money answering all things in life or the yearning and desire of your life bringing an answer.
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| V20 Again we see the warning to "Curse not the king ... nor  the rich"<Ref>[[James 4]]:11  Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
: </Ref> in your thoughts or secret places. This is basically telling you what not to ''yearn for'' or ''desire'' evil  or harm to come to the childish king or the ''New world order'' or whatever [[Great Reset]] lurking in the [[world]]. Don't blame the powers that be that reign over you. <Br>Or return to the [[bondage of Egypt]] and the unrighteous [[mammon]] is the result of our [[covetous practices]] and [[sloth]] in [[The Way]] of [[Christ]].
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| Remember there is no chapter break in the original text and the very next verse is telling you what you should do. 
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| [[Ecclesiastes 11]]:1 "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." And in fact, it is the theme of the whole story of  Acts.
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== A little Folly makes wisdom stink ==

1  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly(סִכְלוּת)<Ref name="cikluwth">{{05531}}</Ref> him that is in reputation<Ref name="yaqar">{{03368}}</Ref> for wisdom<Ref name="chokmah">{{02451}}</Ref> and honour(מִכָּב֖וֹד)<Ref name="kabowd">{{03519}}</Ref>.

2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

== The fool's wisdom fails ==

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

== The evil error of rulers ==

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

== Dig a pit for your trap ==

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
== The effect of a fool is mischief ==

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness(סִכְלוּת)<Ref name="cikluwth">{{05531}}</Ref>: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

== A fool cannot be told ==

14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

=== When the kings son is noble ===

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

=== For sloth and idleness ===

18 By much [[slothful]]nes<Ref name="slothn">{{slothn}}</Ref>s the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

== Curse not the king ==

20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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