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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
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15 When a fool does any work,
    he quickly becomes tired.
He is so tired that he forgets the way to town.

16 A country is in terrible trouble
    if its ruler is young and foolish.
If its leaders go to parties all day,
    a country is in trouble.
17 But if a country's ruler belongs to a good family,
    that country will be a happy place.
Its leaders only enjoy parties at the proper time.
    They control themselves and they do not become drunk.

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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
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15 The toil of fools wearies them;
    they do not know the way to town.

16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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