Ecclesiastes 10:14-20

¹⁴The fool also multiplieth words; but a man cannot know what is to be; and what is to be after him, who can tell him?

¹⁵The toil of the foolish will weary every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.—

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

¹⁷Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is noble-spirited, and thy princes eat in proper time, for strengthening, and not for gluttony!—

¹⁸Through slothful hands the rafters will sink; and through idleness of the hands the house will become leaky.

¹⁹For gay pleasure they prepare a feast, and wine is to make the living joyful; but money procureth all things.

²⁰Even in thy thought thou must not curse a king; and in thy bed-chambers do not curse the rich; for a bird of the air can carry the sound, and that which hath wings can tell the word.