Practical Risks and the Value of Skill

Ecclesiastes 10:8-11

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.