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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; But the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; And the end of his talk is grievous madness. 14 A fool also multiplieth words; Yet man knoweth not what shall be; And that which shall be after him, Who can tell him? 15 The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, For he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, And thy princes feast in the morning! 17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, And thy princes eat in due season, In strength, and not in drunkenness! 18 By slothfulness the rafters sink in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 19 A feast is made for laughter, And wine maketh glad the life; And money answereth all things. 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. Ecclesiastes 10:12-20, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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