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Ecclesiastes 10:5

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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:3

    Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:4

    If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:6

    Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:7

    I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.