Ecclesiastes 10:16-20 - The Value Of Work

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.