Ecclesiastes 10:6-14

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.

¹²The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

¹⁴A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?