Ecclesiastes 10:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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

⁸Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;
and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
⁹Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them;
and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.

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