Ecclesiastes 10:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in time, for strength and not for drunkenness.

¹⁸ By slothfulness, the roof of the house goes to decay. And by the idleness of the hands, the house drops through.