Thy thought — In the most secret manner. The rich — Princes or governors. A bird — The king will hear of it by unknown and unsuspected hands, as if a bird had heard and carried the report of it.
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought;h and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.