Ecclesiastes 10:11-20

11 Surely the serpent will bite if not charmed, and a babbler is no better.
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up;
13 the beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also is full of words: A man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him -- who can tell him?
15 The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child and thy princes feast in the morning!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength and not for drunkenness!
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things.
20 Curse not the king, no, not even in thy thoughts, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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