¹⁰ The Teacher^(A) searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.^(B)

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails^(C)—given by one shepherd.^{[a] 12} Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.^(D)