Sirach 10:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

10 A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.

² As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.

³ An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.