1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. 3Yea 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.[ † ]Proverbs 13:16Proverbs 18:2 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.[ † ]Ecclesiastes 8:31 Samuel 25:24-33Proverbs 25:15 5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.[ † ]Esther 3:1 7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.[ † ]Proverbs 19:10Proverbs 30:22
8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.[ † ]Psalms 7:15Proverbs 26:27 9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. 11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.[ † ]Psalms 58:4-5Jeremiah 8:17
12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.[ † ]Proverbs 10:32Luke 4:22Proverbs 10:14Ecclesiastes 4:5 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?[ † ]Proverbs 15:2Ecclesiastes 5:3Ecclesiastes 3:22Ecclesiastes 8:7 15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning![ † ]Isaiah 3:4-5Isaiah 5:11 17Blessed 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![ † ]Proverbs 31:4Isaiah 5:11 18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.[ † ]Proverbs 24:30-34 19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things .[ † ]Judges 9:13Psalms 104:15Ecclesiastes 2:3 20Curse 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.[ † ]Exodus 22:28Acts 23:5