Ecclesiastes 10:12-20 - The Consequences Of Foolishness

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 multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him? ¹⁵ The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city. ¹⁶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy rulers feast in the morning! ¹⁷ Happy are thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy rulers feast in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. ¹⁹ A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes glad the life, and money answers all things. ²⁰ Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought, and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber. For a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.