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One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
Apothecary » Ointment of
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
Folly » Of men » General references to
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.
I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:
Folly » A little folly for those who have a good reputation
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
Insects » Flies
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.
If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Fly
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
At that time the Lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.
But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of this land.
Ointment » Not sacred
At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus -- for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women --
The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.
Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head. But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment? It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her.
Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.) But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, "Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"