10If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
10If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
7 I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9 He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.
10 If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
12 The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct.
10:10If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.
10:10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10:10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.
10:10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10:10If the iron is blunt, and he doth not whet the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10:10If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
10:10If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.
10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.