| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler-- |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him? |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time-- for strength and not for drunkenness. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known. |
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