Ecclesiastes 10:8-10

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⁸ Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it [Ps. 7:15; Prov. 26:27];
    anyone who ·knocks down [breeches] a wall might be bitten by a snake;
⁹ anyone who ·moves [quarries] boulders might be ·hurt [injured] by them;
    and anyone who ·cuts logs [splits trees] might be ·harmed [endangered] by them.
¹⁰ ·A dull ax means harder work [^LIf the ax is blunt and the edge is not sharp, then he must increase his efforts].
    ·Being wise will make it easier [^LThe advantage of wisdom is success].