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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning!
17 Happy (fortunate and to be envied) are you, O land, when your king is a free man and of noble birth and character and when your officials feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness!(A)
18 Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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