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# As dead flies ... so a little folly
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Just as flies can ruin perfume, so folly can ruin a person's reputation for wisdom and honor. This speaks of how a little folly can ruin a person's reputation in the same way that a few dead flies ruin perfume. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# a little folly can overpower wisdom and honor
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This speaks of how a person acting foolishly can ruin his reputation as if his "folly" and "wisdom and honor" were people and that his folly overpowered his wisdom and honor. AT: "committing a little folly can ruin a person's wisdom and honor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# The heart of a wise person ... the heart of a fool
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Here the word "heart" refers to the mind or will. AT: "The way a wise person thinks ... the way a fool thinks" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# tends to the right ... tends to the left
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Here the words "right" and "left" refer to what is right and wrong. AT: "tends to doing what is right ... tends to doing what is wrong" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# his thinking is deficient
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This refers to the way that he acts. AT: "he is stupid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/honor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]] |