Ecclesiastes 10:12-20

12Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.

13At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—

14and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

15The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town.

16Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.

17Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

18Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

19A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.

20Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.