Ecclesiastes 10:2-10

²The heart of a wise man is at his right hand; but the heart of a fool is at his left.

³Yea also, on whatever way the fool walketh, doth he lack proper sense, and he saith to all that he is a fool.

⁴If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for submissiveness causeth great offences to be avoided.

⁵There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

⁶Folly is set in great high places, and the rich sit in lowness.

⁷I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants upon the ground.—

⁸He that diggeth a pit will fall into it; and him who breaketh down a fence—a serpent will bite him.

⁹Whoso removeth stones will be hurt through them; and he that cleaveth wood will be endangered thereby.

¹⁰If the iron be blunt, and man do not whet the edge, then must he exert more strength; but the advantage of making it properly sharp is wisdom.