5. There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
6. when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.
7. I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes—and princes walking like servants!
8. When you dig a well,you might fall in.When you demolish an old wall,you could be bitten by a snake.
9. When you work in a quarry,stones might fall and crush you.When you chop wood,there is danger with each stroke of your ax.
10. Using a dull ax requires great strength,so sharpen the blade.That’s the value of wisdom;it helps you succeed.
11. If a snake bites before you charm it,what’s the use of being a snake charmer?
12. Wise words bring approval,but fools are destroyed by their own words.
13. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,so their conclusions will be wicked madness;
14. they chatter on and on.No one really knows what is going to happen;no one can predict the future.
15. Fools are so exhausted by a little workthat they can’t even find their way home.
16. What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
17. Happy is the land whose king is a noble leaderand whose leaders feast at the proper timeto gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.