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[1]DeadH4194 fliesH2070 cause the ointmentH8081 of the apothecaryH7543[H8802] to send forthH5042[H8686] a stinking savourH887[H8686]: so doth a littleH4592 follyH5531 him that is in reputationH3368 for wisdomH2451 and honourH3519.
[2]A wise man'sH2450 heartH3820 is at his right handH3225; but a fool'sH3684 heartH3820 at his leftH8040.
[3]Yea also, when he that is a foolH5530 walkethH1980[H8802] by the wayH1870, his wisdomH3820 failethH2638 him, and he saithH559[H8804] to every one that he is a foolH5530.
[4]If the spiritH7307 of the rulerH4910[H8802] rise upH5927[H8799] against thee, leaveH3240[H8686] not thy placeH4725; for yieldingH4832 pacifiethH3240[H8686] greatH1419 offencesH2399.
[5]There isH3426 an evilH7451 which I have seenH7200[H8804] under the sunH8121, as an errorH7684 which proceedethH3318[H8802] fromH6440 the rulerH7989:
[6]FollyH5529 is setH5414[H8738] in greatH7227 dignityH4791, and the richH6223 sitH3427[H8799] in low placeH8216.
[7]I have seenH7200[H8804] servantsH5650 upon horsesH5483, and princesH8269 walkingH1980[H8802] as servantsH5650 upon the earthH776.
[8]He that diggethH2658[H8802] a pitH1475 shall fallH5307[H8799] into it; and whoso breakethH6555[H8802] an hedgeH1447, a serpentH5175 shall biteH5391 himH8799.
[9]Whoso removethH5265[H8688] stonesH68 shall be hurtH6087[H8735] therewith; and he that cleavethH1234[H8802] woodH6086 shall be endangeredH5533 therebyH8735.
[10]If the ironH1270 be bluntH6949[H8765], and he do not whetH7043[H8773] the edgeH6440, then must he putH1396[H8762] to more strengthH2428: but wisdomH2451 is profitableH3504 to directH3787.[H8687]
[11]Surely the serpentH5175 will biteH5391[H8799] without enchantmentH3908; and a babblerH3956[H1167] is no betterH3504.
[12]The wordsH1697 of a wise man'sH2450 mouthH6310 are graciousH2580; but the lipsH8193 of a foolH3684 will swallow upH1104 himselfH8762.
[13]The beginningH8462 of the wordsH1697 of his mouthH6310 is foolishnessH5531: and the endH319 of his talkH6310 is mischievousH7451 madnessH1948.
[14]A foolH5530 also is fullH7235[H8686] of wordsH1697: a manH120 cannot tellH3045[H8799] what shall be; and what shall be afterH310 him, who can tellH5046 himH8686?
[15]The labourH5999 of the foolishH3684 weariethH3021[H8762] every one of them, because he knowethH3045[H8804] not how to goH3212[H8800] to the cityH5892.
[16]WoeH337 to thee, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is a childH5288, and thy princesH8269 eatH398[H8799] in the morningH1242!
[17]BlessedH835 art thou, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is the sonH1121 of noblesH2715, and thy princesH8269 eatH398[H8799] in due seasonH6256, for strengthH1369, and not for drunkennessH8358!
[18]By much slothfulnessH6103 the buildingH4746 decayethH4355[H8735]; and through idlenessH8220 of the handsH3027 the houseH1004 droppeth throughH1811.[H8799]
[19]A feastH3899 is madeH6213[H8802] for laughterH7814, and wineH3196 maketh merryH8055[H8762][H2416]: but moneyH3701 answerethH6030 all thingsH8799.
[20]CurseH7043[H8762] not the kingH4428, no not in thy thoughtH4093; and curseH7043[H8762] not the richH6223 in thy bedchamberH2315[H4904]: for a birdH5775 of the airH8064 shall carryH3212[H8686] the voiceH6963, and that which hathH1167 wingsH3671 shall tellH5046[H8686] the matterH1697.
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