King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 10:6
“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5
There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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