Ecclesiastes 10:12-20 - The Consequences Of Foolishness

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is wicked madness. ¹⁴ A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? ¹⁵ The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city. ¹⁶ Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and your leaders eat in the morning. ¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in due time, for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¹⁸ By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks. ¹⁹ Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all things. ²⁰ Do not curse a king, no, not in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.