Ecclesiastes 10:12-17

¹²The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

¹³The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

¹⁴The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

¹⁵The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

¹⁶Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

¹⁷Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.