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Ecclesiastes 10:7-17

7 I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.

7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

9 He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.

10 If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

10 If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.

12 The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.

13 The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.

13 At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—

14 A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

14 and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

15 The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.

15 The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

16 Woe to the land whose king was a servantand whose princes feast in the morning.

17 Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

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