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¹⁴And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

¹⁶If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
¹⁷Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
¹⁸Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
¹⁹How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

¹²As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

¹²The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

⁵Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

²When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

⁵There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
¹⁶Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: