Ecclesiastes 10:2-18

²The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.

³And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

⁴If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

⁵There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an errour that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

⁶Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.

⁷I haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.

⁸He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

⁹He that remooueth stones, shall hurt himselfe thereby, and hee that cutteth wood, shall be in danger thereby.

¹⁰If the yron be blunt, and one hath not whet the edge, he must then put to more strength: but the excellencie to direct a thing is wisedome.

¹¹If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.

¹²The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

¹³The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse.

¹⁴For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

¹⁵The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

¹⁶Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

¹⁷Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

¹⁸By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.