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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
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16 Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child
    and your princes feast in the morning!(A)
17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,
    and your princes feast at the proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness!(B)
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,
    and through indolence the house leaks.(C)

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