“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”
Ecclesiastes 10:6 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:6
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.