Ecclesiastes 10:6
“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”
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.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Related Verses
“I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”
“Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”
“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”
“A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.”
“The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.”