Ecclesiastes 10:10-17 New Century Version (NCV)

10. A dull ax meansharder work.Being wise will make it easier.

11. If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed,what good is the tamer?

12. The words of the wise bring them praise,but the words of a fool will destroy them.

13. A fool begins by saying foolish thingsand ends by saying crazy and wicked things.

14. A fool talks too much.No one knows the future,and no one can tell what will happen after death.

15. Work wears fools out;they don’t even know how to get home.

16. How terrible it is for a country whose king is a childand whose leaders eat all morning.

17. How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family,whose leaders eat only at mealtimeand for strength, not to get drunk.

Ecclesiastes 10