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.