1Dead4194 flies2070 cause the ointment8081 of the apothecary7543 to send forth5042 a stinking savour887: so doth a little4592 folly5531 him that is in reputation3368 for wisdom2451 and honour3519.
2A wise man's2450 heart3820 is at his right hand3225; but a fool's3684 heart3820 at his left8040.
3Yea also, when he that is a fool5530 walketh1980 by the way1870, his wisdom3820 faileth2638 him, and he saith559 to every one that he is a fool5530.
4If the spirit7307 of the ruler4910 rise up5927 against thee, leave3240 not thy place4725; for yielding4832 pacifieth3240 great1419 offences2399.
5There is3426 an evil7451 which I have seen7200 under the sun8121, as an error7684 which proceedeth3318 from6440 the ruler7989:
6Folly5529 is set5414 in great7227 dignity4791, and the rich6223 sit3427 in low place8216.
7I have seen7200 servants5650 upon horses5483, and princes8269 walking1980 as servants5650 upon the earth776.
8He that diggeth2658 a pit1475 shall fall5307 into it; and whoso breaketh6555 an hedge1447, a serpent5175 shall bite5391 him.
9Whoso removeth5265 stones68 shall be hurt6087 therewith; and he that cleaveth1234 wood6086 shall be endangered5533 thereby.
10If the iron1270 be blunt6949, and he do not whet7043 the edge6440, then must he put1396 to more strength2428: but wisdom2451 is profitable3504 to direct3787.
11Surely the serpent5175 will bite5391 without enchantment3908; and a babbler3956 1167 is no better3504.
12The words1697 of a wise man's2450 mouth6310 are gracious2580; but the lips8193 of a fool3684 will swallow up1104 himself.
13The beginning8462 of the words1697 of his mouth6310 is foolishness5531: and the end319 of his talk6310 is mischievous7451 madness1948.
14A fool5530 also is full7235 of words1697: a man120 cannot tell3045 what shall be; and what shall be after310 him, who can tell5046 him?
15The labour5999 of the foolish3684 wearieth3021 every one of them, because he knoweth3045 not how to go3212 to the city5892.
16Woe337 to thee, O land776, when thy king4428 is a child5288, and thy princes8269 eat398 in the morning1242!
17Blessed835 art thou, O land776, when thy king4428 is the son1121 of nobles2715, and thy princes8269 eat398 in due season6256, for strength1369, and not for drunkenness8358!
18By much slothfulness6103 the building4746 decayeth4355; and through idleness8220 of the hands3027 the house1004 droppeth through1811.
19A feast3899 is made6213 for laughter7814, and wine3196 maketh merry8055 2416: but money3701 answereth6030 all things.
20Curse7043 not the king4428, no not in thy thought4093; and curse7043 not the rich6223 in thy bedchamber2315 4904: for a bird5775 of the air8064 shall carry3212 the voice6963, and that which hath1167 wings3671 shall tell5046 the matter1697.