Sirach 10:1–5

1 A wise magistrate will educate his people,

and the rule of an understanding man will be well ordered.

2 Like the magistrate of the people, so are his officials;

and like the ruler of the city, so are all its inhabitants.

3 An undisciplined king will ruin his people,

but a city will grow through the understanding of its rulers.

4 The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord,

and over it he will raise up the right man for the time.

5 The success of a man is in the hands of the Lord,

and he confers his honor upon the person of the scribe.