Ecclesiastes 10:5-11

⁵There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.

⁶The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.

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

⁸He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

⁹He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.

¹⁰If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

¹¹If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.