Today is the fifth day of September. Welcome to the daily audio Bible. I am Brian and it is wonderful to be here together today as we gather yet again and take another step forward.

And our step forward today leads us to the conclusion of another one of our books together. And so we've been reading through the Book of Ecclesiastes, which we will conclude today and then step into new territory tomorrow.

But first, let's conclude the Book of Ecclesiastes. Today, chapters 10, 11 and 12.

As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor. A wise person chooses the right road, a fool takes the wrong one.

You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street. If your boss is angry at you, don't quit. A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.

There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.

I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes and princes walking like servants.

When you dig a well, you might fall in. When you demolish an old wall, you could be bitten by a snake.

When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you. When you chop wood, there is danger with each stroke of your axe.

Using a doll axe requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That's the value of wisdom. It helps you succeed.

If a snake bites before you charm it, what's the use of being a snake charmer?

Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness. They chatter on and on.

No one really knows what is going to happen. No one can predict the future.

Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they can't even find their way home.

What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant? The land whose leader's feast in the morning?

Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader and whose leader's feast at the proper time to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.

Laziness leads to a sacking roof. I don't this leads to a leaky house.

A party gives laughter, wine gives happiness, and money gives everything.

Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts, and don't make fun of the powerful even in your own bedroom.

For a little bird might deliver your message and tell them what you said.

Send your grain across the seas, and in time profits will flow back to you.

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