Ecclesiastes 10:14-20
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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?
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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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!
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18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.