10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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10:17 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!
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10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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Chapter 11
11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
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11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
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11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
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11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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Chapter 12
12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
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12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
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12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
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