Verse 1
As snow{H7950} in summer,{H7019} and as rain{H4306} in harvest,{H7105} So honor{H3519} is not seemly{H5000} for a fool.{H3684}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 12:8 : 8 The wicked{H7563} walk{H1980} on every side,{H5439} When vileness{H2149} is exalted{H7311} among the sons of men.{H1121}
- Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes{H5869} a reprobate{H3988} is despised,{H959} But who honoreth{H3513} them that fear{H3373} Jehovah;{H3068} He that sweareth{H7650} to his own hurt,{H7489} and changeth{H4171} not;
- Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent{H3499} speech{H8193} becometh{H5000} not a fool;{H5036} Much less do lying{H8267} lips{H8193} a prince.{H5081}
- Prov 19:10 : 10 Delicate{H8588} living is not seemly{H5000} for a fool;{H3684} Much less for a servant{H5650} to have rule{H4910} over princes.{H8269}
- Prov 26:8 : 8 As one that bindeth{H6872} a stone{H68} in a sling,{H4773} So is he that giveth{H5414} honor{H3519} to a fool.{H3684}
- Prov 28:16 : 16 The prince{H5057} that lacketh{H2638} understanding{H8394} is also a great{H7227} oppressor;{H4642} [But] he that hateth{H8130} covetousness{H1215} shall prolong{H748} his days.{H3117}
- Eccl 10:5-7 : 5 There is{H3426} an evil{H7451} which I have seen{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} as it were an error{H7684} which proceedeth{H3318} from{H6440} the ruler:{H7989} 6 folly{H5529} is set{H5414} in great{H7227} dignity,{H4791} and the rich{H6223} sit{H3427} in a low place.{H8216} 7 I have seen{H7200} servants{H5650} upon horses,{H5483} and princes{H8269} walking{H1980} like servants{H5650} upon the earth.{H776}
- Ps 52:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest{H1984} thou thyself in mischief,{H7451} O mighty{H1368} man? The lovingkindness{H2617} of God{H410} [endureth] continually.{H3117}
- Judg 9:7 : 7 And when they told{H5046} it to Jotham,{H3147} he went{H3212} and stood{H5975} on the top{H7218} of mount{H2022} Gerizim,{H1630} and lifted up{H5375} his voice,{H6963} and cried,{H7121} and said{H559} unto them, Hearken{H8085} unto me, ye men{H1167} of Shechem,{H7927} that God{H430} may hearken{H8085} unto you.
- Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire{H784} come out{H3318} from Abimelech,{H40} and devour{H398} the men{H1167} of Shechem,{H7927} and the house{H1004} of Millo;{H4407} and let fire{H784} come out{H3318} from the men{H1167} of Shechem,{H7927} and from the house{H1004} of Millo,{H4407} and devour{H398} Abimelech.{H40}
- Judg 9:56-57 : 56 Thus God{H430} requited{H7725} the wickedness{H7451} of Abimelech,{H40} which he did{H6213} unto his father,{H1} in slaying{H2026} his seventy{H7657} brethren;{H251} 57 and all the wickedness{H7451} of the men{H582} of Shechem{H7927} did God{H430} requite{H7725} upon their heads:{H7218} and upon them came{H935} the curse{H7045} of Jotham{H3147} the son{H1121} of Jerubbaal.{H3378}
- 1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not wheat{H2406} harvest{H7105} to-day?{H3117} I will call{H7121} unto Jehovah,{H3068} that he may send{H5414} thunder{H6963} and rain;{H4306} and ye shall know{H3045} and see{H7200} that your wickedness{H7451} is great,{H7227} which ye have done{H6213} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} in asking{H7592} you a king.{H4428} 18 So Samuel{H8050} called{H7121} unto Jehovah;{H3068} and Jehovah{H3068} sent{H5414} thunder{H6963} and rain{H4306} that day:{H3117} and all the people{H5971} greatly{H3966} feared{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} and Samuel.{H8050}
- Esth 3:1-9 : 1 After{H310} these things{H1697} did king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} promote{H1431} Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} and advanced{H5375} him, and set{H7760} his seat{H3678} above all the princes{H8269} that were with him. 2 And all the king's{H4428} servants,{H5650} that were in the king's{H4428} gate,{H8179} bowed{H3766} down, and did reverence{H7812} to Haman;{H2001} for the king{H4428} had so commanded{H6680} concerning him. But Mordecai{H4782} bowed{H3766} not down, nor did him reverence.{H7812} 3 Then the king's{H4428} servants,{H5650} that were in the king's{H4428} gate,{H8179} said{H559} unto Mordecai,{H4782} Why transgressest{H5674} thou the king's{H4428} commandment?{H4687} 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake{H559} daily{H3117} unto him, and he hearkened{H8085} not unto them, that they told{H5046} Haman,{H2001} to see{H7200} whether Mordecai's{H4782} matters{H1697} would stand:{H5975} for he had told{H5046} them that he was a Jew.{H3064} 5 And when Haman{H2001} saw{H7200} that Mordecai{H4782} bowed{H3766} not down, nor did him reverence,{H7812} then was Haman{H2001} full{H4390} of wrath.{H2534} 6 But he thought{H5869} scorn{H959} to lay{H7971} hands{H3027} on Mordecai{H4782} alone; for they had made known{H5046} to him the people{H5971} of Mordecai:{H4782} wherefore Haman{H2001} sought{H1245} to destroy{H8045} all the Jews{H3064} that were throughout the whole kingdom{H4438} of Ahasuerus,{H325} even the people{H5971} of Mordecai.{H4782} 7 In the first{H7223} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Nisan,{H5212} in the twelfth{H8147} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} they cast{H5307} Pur,{H6332} that is, the lot,{H1486} before{H6440} Haman{H2001} from day{H3117} to day,{H3117} and from month{H2320} to month,{H2320} to the twelfth{H8147} month, which is the month{H2320} Adar.{H143} 8 And Haman{H2001} said{H559} unto king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} There is{H3426} a certain{H259} people{H5971} scattered abroad{H6340} and dispersed{H6504} among the peoples{H5971} in all the provinces{H4082} of thy kingdom;{H4438} and their laws{H1881} are diverse{H8138} from [those of] every people;{H5971} neither keep{H6213} they the king's{H4428} laws:{H1881} therefore it is not for the king's{H4428} profit{H7737} to suffer{H3240} them. 9 If it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let it be written{H3789} that they be destroyed:{H6} and I will pay{H8254} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} into the hands{H3027} of those that have the charge{H6213} of the [king's] business,{H4399} to bring{H935} it into the king's{H4428} treasuries.{H1595} 10 And the king{H4428} took{H5493} his ring{H2885} from his hand,{H3027} and gave{H5414} it unto Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} the Jews'{H3064} enemy.{H6887} 11 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Haman,{H2001} The silver{H3701} is given{H5414} to thee, the people{H5971} also, to do{H6213} with them as it seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} to thee. 12 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608} called{H7121} in the first{H7223} month,{H2320} on the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} thereof; and there was written{H3789} according to all that Haman{H2001} commanded{H6680} unto the king's{H4428} satraps,{H323} and to the governors{H6346} that were over every province,{H4082} and to the princes{H8269} of every people,{H5971} to every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and to every people{H5971} after their language;{H3956} in the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was it written,{H3789} and it was sealed{H2856} with the king's{H4428} ring.{H2885} 13 And letters{H5612} were sent{H7971} by{H3027} posts{H7323} into all the king's{H4428} provinces,{H4082} to destroy,{H8045} to slay, and to cause to perish,{H8045} all Jews,{H3064} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} little children{H2945} and women,{H802} in one{H259} day,{H3117} even upon the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey.{H962} 14 A copy{H6572} of the writing,{H3791} that the decree{H1881} should be given{H5414} out in every province,{H4082} was published{H1540} unto all the peoples,{H5971} that they should be ready{H6264} against that day.{H3117} 15 The posts{H7323} went forth{H3318} in haste{H1765} by the king's{H4428} commandment,{H1697} and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} the palace.{H1002} And the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} sat down{H3427} to drink;{H8354} but the city{H5892} of Shushan{H7800} was perplexed.{H943}
- Esth 4:6 : 6 So Hathach{H2047} went forth{H3318} to Mordecai{H4782} unto the broad{H7339} place of the city,{H5892} which was before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate.{H8179}
- Esth 4:9 : 9 And Hathach{H2047} came{H935} and told{H5046} Esther{H635} the words{H1697} of Mordecai.{H4782}
- Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip{H7752} for the horse,{H5483} a bridle{H4964} for the ass,{H2543} And a rod{H7626} for the back{H1460} of fools.{H3684}