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16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! 17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of a noble and your princes eat in due time, for strength and not for drunkenness! 18 By slothfulness a roof shall be brought down; and through idleness of hands water drips through. 19 Bread and wine are made for joy, and oil makes life merry; but money brings one low and causes him to go astray in all things. 20 Do not curse the king, no not even in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry your voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter. Ecclesiastes 10:16-20, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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