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1. Dead flies can make even perfume stink. In the same way, a little foolishness can spoil wisdom.
1. Dead H4194 flies H2070 cause the ointment H8081 of the apothecary H7543 to send forth H5042 a stinking savor H887 : so doth a little H4592 folly H5531 him that is in reputation H3368 for wisdom H4480 H2451 and honor H4480 H3519 .
2. The heart of the wise leads to right, but the heart of a fool leads to wrong.
2. A wise man H2450 's heart H3820 is at his right hand H3225 ; but a fool H3684 's heart H3820 at his left H8040 .
3. Even in the way fools walk along the road, they show they are not wise; they show everyone how stupid they are.
3. Yea also H1571 , when he that is a fool H7945 H5530 walketh H1980 by the way H1870 , his wisdom H3820 faileth H2638 him , and he saith H559 to every one H3605 that he H1931 is a fool H5530 .
4. Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.
4. If H518 the spirit H7307 of the ruler H4910 rise up H5927 against H5921 thee, leave H5117 not H408 thy place H4725 ; for H3588 yielding H4832 pacifieth H5117 great H1419 offenses H2399 .
5. There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make:
5. There is H3426 an evil H7451 which I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 , as an error H7684 which proceedeth H7945 H3318 from H4480 H6440 the ruler H7989 :
6. Fools are given important positions while gifted people are given lower ones;
6. Folly H5529 is set H5414 in great H7227 dignity H4791 , and the rich H6223 sit H3427 in low place H8216 .
7. I have seen servants ride horses while princes walk like servants on foot.
7. I have seen H7200 servants H5650 upon H5921 horses H5483 , and princes H8269 walking H1980 as servants H5650 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
8. Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it; anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;
8. He that diggeth H2658 a pit H1475 shall fall H5307 into it ; and whoso breaketh H6555 a hedge H1447 , a serpent H5175 shall bite H5391 him.
9. anyone who moves boulders might be hurt by them; and anyone who cuts logs might be harmed by them.
9. Whoso removeth H5265 stones H68 shall be hurt H6087 therewith; and he that cleaveth H1234 wood H6086 shall be endangered H5533 thereby.
10. A dull ax means harder work. Being wise will make it easier.
10. If H518 the iron H1270 be blunt H6949 , and he H1931 do not H3808 whet H7043 the edge H6440 , then must he put to H1396 more strength H2428 : but wisdom H2451 is profitable H3504 to direct H3787 .
11. If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?
11. Surely H518 the serpent H5175 will bite H5391 without H3808 enchantment H3908 ; and a babbler H1167 H3956 is no H369 better H3504 .
12. The words of the wise bring them praise, but the words of a fool will destroy them.
12. The words H1697 of a wise man H2450 's mouth H6310 are gracious H2580 ; but the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 will swallow up H1104 himself.
13. A fool begins by saying foolish things and ends by saying crazy and wicked things.
13. The beginning H8462 of the words H1697 of his mouth H6310 is foolishness H5531 : and the end H319 of his talk H6310 is mischievous H7451 madness H1948 .
14. A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
14. A fool H5530 also is full H7235 of words H1697 : a man H120 cannot H3808 tell H3045 what shall be H4100 H7945 H1961 ; and what H834 shall be H1961 after H4480 H310 him, who H4310 can tell H5046 him?
15. Work wears fools out; they don't even know how to get home.
15. The labor H5999 of the foolish H3684 wearieth H3021 every one of them, because H834 he knoweth H3045 not H3808 how to go H1980 to H413 the city H5892 .
16. How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child and whose leaders eat all morning.
16. Woe H337 to thee , O land H776 , when thy king H7945 H4428 is a child H5288 , and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in the morning H1242 !
17. How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family, whose leaders eat only at mealtime and for strength, not to get drunk.
17. Blessed H835 art thou , O land H776 , when thy king H7945 H4428 is the son H1121 of nobles H2715 , and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in due season H6256 , for strength H1369 , and not H3808 for drunkenness H8358 !
18. If someone is lazy, the roof will begin to fall. If he doesn't fix it, the house will leak.
18. By much slothfulness H6103 the building H4746 decayeth H4355 ; and through idleness H8220 of the hands H3027 the house H1004 droppeth through H1811 .
19. A party makes you feel good, wine makes you feel happy, and money buys anything.
19. A feast H3899 is made H6213 for laughter H7814 , and wine H3196 maketh merry H8055 H2416 : but money H3701 answereth H6030 H853 all H3605 things .
20. Don't make fun of the king, and don't make fun of rich people, even in your bedroom. A little bird might carry your words; a bird might fly and tell what you said.
20. Curse H7043 not H408 the king H4428 , no H1571 not in thy thought H4093 ; and curse H7043 not H408 the rich H6223 in thy bedchamber H2315 H4904 : for H3588 a bird H5775 of the air H8064 shall carry H1980 H853 the voice H6963 , and that which hath H1167 wings H3671 shall tell H5046 the matter H1697 .
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