Ecclesiastes 10:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ When a person won’t work, the roof falls down.
    Because of hands that aren’t busy, the house leaks.

¹⁹ People laugh at a dinner party.
    And wine makes life happy.
    People think money can buy everything.

²⁰ Don’t say bad things about the king.
    Don’t even think about those things.
Don’t curse rich people.
    Don’t even curse them in your bedroom.
A bird might fly away and carry your words.
    It might report what you said.