Ecclesiastes 10:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves.

⁸He who digs a pit will fall into it;
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
⁹He who quarries stones is hurt by them;
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.

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