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Ecclesiastes 10:20

World English Bible

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts;
and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom:
for a bird of the sky may carry your voice,
and that which has wings may tell the matter.

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Ecclesiastes 10:20 in other translations

Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes 10:20 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 10:20 in context

  1. 18By slothfulness the roof sinks in;
    and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
  2. 19A feast is made for laughter,
    and wine makes the life glad;
    and money is the answer for all things.
  3. 20Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts;
    and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom:
    for a bird of the sky may carry your voice,
    and that which has wings may tell the matter.