Ecclesiastes 10:6-17

6folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

7I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

8He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

9He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.

10If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.

11If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

12The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.

14A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

15The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

16Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

17Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!