Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.


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Song of Solomon 1 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Leviticus 13 30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Isaiah 57 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Matthew 26 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Leviticus 13 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
Exodus 8 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
Proverbs 26 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
John 19 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Mark 12 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Leviticus 13 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus 13 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Proverbs 27 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Isaiah 2 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
Matthew 23 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Psalms 52 2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 14 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Exodus 30 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Isaiah 3 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Proverbs 25 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Exodus 30 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
Leviticus 14 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Revelation 18 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Leviticus 14 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
Nahum 3 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
Psalms 68 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Proverbs 13 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Leviticus 13 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Psalms 105 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
Deuteronomy 14 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Psalms 133 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Exodus 8 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Leviticus 13 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Proverbs 10 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
2 Kings 4 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
Acts 19 12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Genesis 3 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Leviticus 14 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Proverbs 23 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 17 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Luke 11 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Luke 11 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Proverbs 15 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Isaiah 14 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Colossians 2 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
John 12 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Proverbs 12 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Ezekiel 34 19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
2 Samuel 6 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Proverbs 26 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.