Ecclesiastes 10:6-17

6folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

9Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

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.

11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

14And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?

15The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in [due] season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!