Ecclesiastes 10:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

¹⁹ For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

²⁰ Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.