Ecclesiastes 10:15-20
Summary for Eccl 10:15-20: 10:15-20 a The audience for this speech might have been an assembly of government workers. How should one rule when power and wealth invite a lack of accountability? 10:15 b Fools are so unaccustomed to work that when they actually try to work, they become exhausted.Summary for Eccl 10:16-17: 10:16-17 c A servant lacks leadership skills.
• feast at the proper time: Wise leaders take their leisure only after the work is finished, not in the morning before work has even started. Lazy leaders weaken a society or organization.
10:18 d Delay in repairing a roof leads to drooping rafters and eventually to the ruin of the home (see Prov 12:27 e; 20:4 f). Corruption in government has a similar effect (Eccl 10:15-16 g).
10:19 h money gives everything: It is the way to get what you want or need in this world (cp. 7:11-12 i).
10:20 j It is often a mystery how someone knows what we have said. The best way to control our reputation is to control our thoughts.
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