<vn='1'><sn="4194">Dead</s><sn="2070">flies</s> cause the <sn="8081">ointment</s> of the <sn="7543">apothecary</s> to send <sn="5042">forth</s> a stinking <sn="887">savor</s>: so doth a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="5531">folly</s> him that is in <sn="3368">reputation</s> for <sn="4480 2451">wisdom</s> and <sn="4480 3519">honor</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>A wise <sn="2450">man</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s> is at his right <sn="3225">hand</s>; but a <sn="3684">fool</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s> at his <sn="8040">left</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Yea <sn="1571">also</s>, when he that is a <sn="7945 5530">fool</s><sn="1980">walketh</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s>, his <sn="3820">wisdom</s><sn="2638">faileth</s> him, and he <sn="559">saith</s> to every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="5530">fool</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="518">If</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the <sn="4910">ruler</s> rise <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee, <sn="5117">leave</s><sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="4725">place</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4832">yielding</s><sn="5117">pacifieth</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="2399">offenses</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>There <sn="3426">is</s> an <sn="7451">evil</s> which I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>, as an <sn="7684">error</s> which <sn="7945 3318">proceedeth</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> the <sn="7989">ruler</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5529">Folly</s> is <sn="5414">set</s> in <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4791">dignity</s>, and the <sn="6223">rich</s><sn="3427">sit</s> in low <sn="8216">place</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="5650">servants</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="1980">walking</s> as <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He that <sn="2658">diggeth</s> a <sn="1475">pit</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> into it; and whoso <sn="6555">breaketh</s> a <sn="1447">hedge</s>, a <sn="5175">serpent</s> shall <sn="5391">bite</s> him. </v>
<vn='9'>Whoso <sn="5265">removeth</s><sn="68">stones</s> shall be <sn="6087">hurt</s> therewith; and he that <sn="1234">cleaveth</s><sn="6086">wood</s> shall be <sn="5533">endangered</s> thereby. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="518">If</s> the <sn="1270">iron</s> be <sn="6949">blunt</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s> do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7043">whet</s> the <sn="6440">edge</s>, then must he put <sn="1396">to</s> more <sn="2428">strength</s>: but <sn="2451">wisdom</s> is <sn="3504">profitable</s> to <sn="3787">direct</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="518">Surely</s> the <sn="5175">serpent</s> will <sn="5391">bite</s><sn="3808">without</s><sn="3908">enchantment</s>; and a <sn="1167 3956">babbler</s> is <sn="369">no</s><sn="3504">better</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of a wise <sn="2450">man</s> 's <sn="6310">mouth</s> are <sn="2580">gracious</s>; but the <sn="8193">lips</s> of a <sn="3684">fool</s> will swallow <sn="1104">up</s> himself. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="8462">beginning</s> of the <sn="1697">words</s> of his <sn="6310">mouth</s> is <sn="5531">foolishness</s>: and the <sn="319">end</s> of his <sn="6310">talk</s> is <sn="7451">mischievous</s><sn="1948">madness</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>A <sn="5530">fool</s> also is <sn="7235">full</s> of <sn="1697">words</s>: a <sn="120">man</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="3045">tell</s> what shall <sn="4100 7945 1961">be</s>; and <sn="834">what</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4480 310">after</s> him, <sn="4310">who</s> can <sn="5046">tell</s> him? </v>
<vn='15'>The <sn="5999">labor</s> of the <sn="3684">foolish</s><sn="3021">wearieth</s> every one of them, <sn="834">because</s> he <sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="3808">not</s> how to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="337">Woe</s> to thee, O <sn="776">land</s>, when thy <sn="7945 4428">king</s> is a <sn="5288">child</s>, and thy <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="398">eat</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>! </v>
<vn='17'><sn="835">Blessed</s> art thou, O <sn="776">land</s>, when thy <sn="7945 4428">king</s> is the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2715">nobles</s>, and thy <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="398">eat</s> in due <sn="6256">season</s>, for <sn="1369">strength</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> for <sn="8358">drunkenness</s>! </v>
<vn='18'>By much <sn="6103">slothfulness</s> the <sn="4746">building</s><sn="4355">decayeth</s>; and through <sn="8220">idleness</s> of the <sn="3027">hands</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> droppeth <sn="1811">through</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>A <sn="3899">feast</s> is <sn="6213">made</s> for <sn="7814">laughter</s>, and <sn="3196">wine</s> maketh <sn="8055 2416">merry</s>: but <sn="3701">money</s><sn="6030">answereth</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> things. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7043">Curse</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="1571">no</s> not in thy <sn="4093">thought</s>; and <sn="7043">curse</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="6223">rich</s> in thy <sn="2315 4904">bedchamber</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> a <sn="5775">bird</s> of the <sn="8064">air</s> shall <sn="1980">carry</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">voice</s>, and that which <sn="1167">hath</s><sn="3671">wings</s> shall <sn="5046">tell</s> the <sn="1697">matter</s>. </v>