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.