Ecclesiastes 10:12-18

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!

¹⁸By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.