Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

10:1	Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
10:2	A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.
10:3	Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.
10:4	If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.
10:5	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
10:6	folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
10:7	I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves.
10:8	He who digs a pit will fall into it;and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
10:9	He who quarries stones is hurt by them;and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
10:10	If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength;but wisdom helps one to succeed.
10:11	If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
10:12	The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
10:13	The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
10:14	A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
10:15	The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.
10:16	Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
10:17	Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of free men, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
10:18	Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
10:19	Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.
10:20	Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich;for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.