Ecclesiastes 10:15-18

New King James Version

^16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!
¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your ^(B)princes feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness!
¹⁸ Because of laziness the ^[a]building decays,
And ^(C)through idleness of hands the house leaks.