Folly (10:1-3)

¹ Dead 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 [for] honour.
² A wise man's heart is at his right hand;
but a fool's heart at his left.
³ Yea 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.

Rulers (10:4-7)

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee,
leave not thy place;
for yielding pacifieth great offences.
⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,
as an error which proceedeth from [the face of] the ruler:
⁶ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
⁷ I have seen servants upon horses,
and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

Injury (10:8-13)

⁸ He that diggeth a pit
shall fall into it;
and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him.
⁹ Whoso removeth stones
shall be hurt therewith;
and he that cleaveth wood
shall be endangered thereby.
¹⁰ If the iron be blunt,
and he do not whet the edge,
then must he put to more strength:
but wisdom is profitable to direct.
¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment;
and a babbler [a master of the tongue] is no better.
¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;
but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness:
and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Labor (10:14-18)

¹⁴ A fool also is full of words:
a man cannot tell what soever shall be;
and what shall be [from] after him,
who can tell him?
¹⁵ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them,
because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
¹⁶ Woe to thee, O land,
when thy king is a child,
and thy princes eat in the morning!
¹⁷ Blessed 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!
¹⁸ By much slothfulness
the building decayeth;
and through idleness of the hands
the house droppeth through.

Money (10:19)

¹⁹ A feast is made for laughter,
and wine maketh merry [brightens the flesh]:
but money answereth [this] -- all things.

Cursing (10:20)

²⁰ Curse not the king,
no not in thy thought;
and curse not the rich
in thy bedchamber [inner-chamber of your bed]:
for a bird of the air shall carry [this] the voice,
and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.