10:8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
10:9 Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.
10:10 If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.
10:11 If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
10:12 Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a foolswallow him up.
10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness.
10:14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
10:16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
10:17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
10:18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
10:19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh lifejoyful, And the silver answereth with all.
10:20 Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamberRevile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.
