Cross references

Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil,

so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 10:1 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 5:13–16 (7 votes) and Galatians 2:12–14 (6 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Exodus 5 to Galatians 2.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 10:1 point to?

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  1. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. …

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

  3. Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

  4. Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

  5. Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

  6. The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures, and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

  7. He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

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