Ecclesiastes 10:6-8

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⁶ Fools are ·given [placed in] important positions
    while ·gifted [^Lwealthy] people ·are given [^Lsit in] lower ones;
⁷ I have seen servants ride horses
    while princes walk like servants on ·foot [^Lon the ground/earth].
⁸ Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it [Ps. 7:15; Prov. 26:27];
    anyone who ·knocks down [breeches] a wall might be bitten by a snake;