4. If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
5. There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:
6. A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
7. I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
8. He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9. He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.
10. If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
11. If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
12. The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
13. The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.