Ecclesiastes 10:8-15

⁸He that diggeth a ditch, shall fall into it; and an adder shall bite him, that destroyeth a hedge.

⁹He that beareth over stones, shall be tormented in those; and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded of those or them.

¹⁰If iron is folded again, and it is not as before, but is made blunt, it shall be made sharp with much travail; and wisdom shall follow after busyness.

¹¹If a serpent biteth, it biteth in silence; he that backbiteth privily, hath nothing less than it.

¹²The words of the mouth of a wise man be grace; and the lips of an unwise man shall cast him down.

¹³The beginning of his words is folly; and the last thing of his mouth is the worst error.

¹⁴A fool multiplieth words; a man knoweth not, what was before him, and who may show to him that, that shall come after him?

¹⁵The travail of fools shall torment them, that know not how to go into the city.