Old Testament · VERSE 16

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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

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Ecclesiastes 10:16 in context

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Ecclesiastes 10:16SELECTED VERSE

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

Ecclesiastes 10:17

Blessed 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!

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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