Ecclesiastes 10:5
“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:”
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Cross-References
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”
“When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.”
“There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.”
“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”