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fool’s heart at his left.
3
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.
4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave
not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5
There is an evil
which
I have seen under the
sun, as an error
which
proceedeth from the ruler:
6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in
low place.
7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8
He
that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9
Whoso
removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
and
he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
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.
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12
The words of a wise man’s mouth
are
gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth
is
foolishness: and the end of his talk
is
mischievous
madness.
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?
15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth
not how to go to the city.
16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is
a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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!
18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house
droppeth through.
19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all
things.
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.
CHAPTER 11
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2
Give a portion to seven,
and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3
If the clouds be full of
rain, they empty
themselves
upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north,
in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and
he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5
As thou knowest not what
is
the way of the spirit,
nor
how the bones
do grow
in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works
of God who maketh all.
6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand:
for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
shall be
alike
good.
7
Truly the light
is
sweet, and a pleasant
thing it is
for the eyes to behold the sun:
8
But if a man
live many years,
and
rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall
be many. All that cometh
is
vanity.
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