Ecclesiastes 10:4-14

4 Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.
5 There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make:
6 Fools are given important positions while gifted people are given lower ones;
7 I have seen servants ride horses while princes walk like servants on foot.
8 Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it; anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;
9 anyone who moves boulders might be hurt by them; and anyone who cuts logs might be harmed by them.
10 A dull ax means harder work. Being wise will make it easier.
11 If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?
12 The words of the wise bring them praise, but the words of a fool will destroy them.
13 A fool begins by saying foolish things and ends by saying crazy and wicked things.
14 A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
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