American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 10:14-20 American Standard Version (ASV)

14. A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

15. The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16. Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17. Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

18. By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

19. A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

20. Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.