Ecclesiastes 10:4-8

⁴If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

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

⁶folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

⁷I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

⁸He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.