Verse 1

A dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment, and maketh it to stinke: Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour, is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:13-16 : 13 Ye are the salt of the earth. But yf the salt become vnsauery, where in shall it be salted? It is thencefoorth good for nothing, but to be caste out, and to be troden vnder foote of men. 14 Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd. 15 Neyther do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell: but on a candelsticke, and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house. 16 Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.
  • Gal 2:12-14 : 12 For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym: insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation. 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
  • Exod 30:25 : 25 And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment, euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie:
  • Exod 30:34-35 : 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Take vnto thee sweete spices, Starte, Onycha, sweete Galbanum: these spices with pure Frankensence, of eche a lyke wayght. 35 And make of them sweete smellyng incense, after the craft of the apoticarie, mingled together, pure and holy.
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Iehu the sonne of Hanani the sear went out to meete him, and sayd to king Iehosaphat: Wouldest thou helpe the vngodly, and loue them that hate the Lorde? Therfore is wrath come downe vpon thee from before the Lorde:
  • Neh 6:13 : 13 Therfore was he hyred, that through feare I should so do, & sinne, that they might haue an euill report of me to lay to my charge.
  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne.