Ecclesiastes 10:7-9

Lexham English Bible

⁷ I have even seen slaves riding on horses
    and princes walking like slaves on the earth!

⁸ Whoever digs a pit will fall into it.
    Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.
⁹ Whoever quarries^[a] stones will be wounded by them.
    Whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.