New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Dead flies make the perfumer's sweet ointment turn rancid and
ferment; so can a little folly make wisdom lose its worth.
2 The mind of
the wise man faces right, but the mind of the fool faces left.
3 Even when
he walks along the road, the fool shows no sense and calls everyone else note
a fool.
4 If your ruler breaks out in anger against you, do not resign your
post; submission makes amends for great mistakes.
5 There is an evil
that I have observed here under the sun, an error for which a ruler is
responsible:
6 the fool given high office, but note the great and the rich in
humble posts.
7 I have seen slaves on horseback and men of high rank
going on foot like slaves.
8 The man who digs a pit may fall into it, and
he who pulls down a wall may be bitten by a snake.
9 The man who
quarries stones may strain himself, and the woodcutter runs a risk of
injury.
10 When the axe is blunt and has not first note been sharpened, then
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Wisdom and folly compared
one must use more force; the wise man has a better chance of success.
11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, the snake-charmer loses his fee.
12 A wise man's words win him favour, but a fool's tongue is his
undoing.
13 He begins by talking nonsense and ends in mischief run mad.
14 The fool talks on and on; but no man knows what is coming, and who
can tell him what will come after that?
15 The fool wearies himself to
death note with all his labour, for he does not know the way to town.
16 Woe betide the land when a slave has become its king, and its princes
feast in the morning.
17 Happy the land when its king is nobly born, and
its princes feast at the right time of day, with self-control, and not as
drunkards.
18 If the owner is negligent the rafters collapse, and if he is
idle the house crumbles away.
19 The table has its pleasures, and wine
makes a cheerful life; and money is behind it all.
20 Do not speak ill of
the king in your ease, or of a rich man in your bedroom; for a bird may
carry your voice, and a winged messenger may repeat what you say.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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