3. Yea also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to every one that he is a fool.
4. If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences.
5. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from 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.
8. He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whosoever breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
9. Whosoever quarries stones may be hurt by them; and he that splits wood shall be endangered by it.
10. If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom helps one to succeed.
11. Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
13. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
14. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?