Pre Game Proverb

Ecc 10:5  There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—Ecc 10:6  folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.Ecc 10:7  I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.

Ecc 10:4  If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.

Ecc 10:3  Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.

Ecc 10:2  A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

Ecc 10:1  Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Ecc 9:18  Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Ecc 9:17  The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

Ecc 9:16  So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.

Ecc 9:13  Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.Ecc 9:14  There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it.Ecc 9:15  But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecc 9:12  Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.