21:010:010 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.
21:010:011 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a
babbler is no better.
21:010:012 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of
a fool will swallow up himself.
21:010:013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and
the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
21:010:014 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be;
and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
21:010:015 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because
he knoweth not how to go to the city.
21:010:016 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes
eat in the morning!
21:010:017 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!
21:010:018 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through
idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
21:010:019 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.