21_ECC_10_01 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.
21_ECC_10_02 A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
21_ECC_10_03 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.
21_ECC_10_04 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
21_ECC_10_05 There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
21_ECC_10_06 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
21_ECC_10_07 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
21_ECC_10_08 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
21_ECC_10_09 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
21_ECC_10_10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct.
21_ECC_10_11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
21_ECC_10_12 The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
21_ECC_10_13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
21_ECC_10_14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
21_ECC_10_15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
21_ECC_10_16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
21_ECC_10_17 Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
21_ECC_10_18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
21_ECC_10_19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].
21_ECC_10_20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.