Ecclesiastes 10:6-17

6FollyH5529 is setH5414 in greatH7227 dignityH4791, and the richH6223 sitH3427 in low placeH8216.1 7I have seenH7200 servantsH5650 upon horsesH5483, and princesH8269 walkingH1980 as servantsH5650 upon the earthH776. 8He that diggethH2658 a pitH1475 shall fallH5307 into it; and whoever breakethH6555 an hedgeH1447, a serpentH5175 shall biteH5391 him. 9Whoever removethH5265 stonesH68 shall be hurtH6087 by them; and he that cuttethH1234 woodH6086 shall be endangeredH5533 by it. 10If the ironH1270 is bluntH6949, and he doth not whetH7043 the edgeH6440, then must he useH1396 more strengthH2428: but wisdomH2451 is profitableH3504 to directH3787. 11Surely the serpentH5175 will biteH5391 without enchantmentH3908; and a babblerH3956H1167 is no betterH3504.2

12The wordsH1697 of a wise man’sH2450 mouthH6310 are graciousH2580; but the lipsH8193 of a foolH3684 will swallow upH1104 himself.3 13The beginningH8462 of the wordsH1697 of his mouthH6310 is foolishnessH5531: and the endH319 of his talkH6310 is mischievousH7451 madnessH1948.4 14A foolH5530 also is fullH7235 of wordsH1697: a manH120 cannot tellH3045 what shall be; and what shall be afterH310 him, who can tellH5046 him?5 15The labourH5999 of the foolishH3684 weariethH3021 every one of them, because he knowethH3045 not how to goH3212 to the cityH5892.

16WoeH337 to thee, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is a childH5288, and thy princesH8269 eatH398 in the morningH1242! 17BlessedH835 art thou, O landH776, when thy kingH4428 is the sonH1121 of noblesH2715, and thy princesH8269 eatH398 in due seasonH6256, for strengthH1369, and not for drunkennessH8358!