Sirach 10:1-5

Common English Bible

10 Wise judges will instruct their people,
    and an intelligent person’s rule
    will be orderly.
² As the people’s judges are,
so will their officials be,
    and as the ruler of a city is,
    so also are all of its inhabitants.
³ An uneducated king will ruin his people,
    and a city is founded
    on the intelligence of its rulers.
⁴ Authority over the earth
belongs to the Lord,
    and he will identify the person
    who is right for the time.
⁵ A people’s success belongs to the Lord,
    and he will give glory
    to the legal expert.^[a]