Ecclesiastes 10:5-12

⁵There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,

⁶He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

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

⁸Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

⁹Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

¹⁰If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.

¹¹If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

¹²Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.