3. Even as the fool walks along the way, his heart lacks sense and tells everyone what a fool he is.
4. If a ruler’s spirit rises up against you, do not leave your post, for composure allays great offences.
5. There is a wrong I have seen under the sun like an error proceeding from a ruler.
6. Fools are placed in many high positions, while the rich sit in low ones.
7. I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
8. Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence may be bitten by a snake.
9. Whoever quarries stones may be hurt by them, and whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
10. If the iron axe is blunt and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must exert more force. So wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
11. If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
12. Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool destroy him.
13. The words from his mouth begin as folly and end as grievous madness—
14. and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will happen after him?
15. The mischief of fools wearies them for he doesn’t know how to go to town.