Verse 10

Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:1 : 1 Lyke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole.
  • Prov 30:21-22 : 21 For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde. 22 A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,
  • Eccl 10:5-7 : 5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath. 6 in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath. 7 I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.
  • Isa 3:5 : 5 And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.
  • Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse, continuyng vntyll nyght, tyll they be set on fire with wine. 12 In their feastes are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wine: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, and consider not the operatio of his handes.
  • Isa 22:12-14 : 12 And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng, to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth. 13 And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye. 14 And it came to the eares of the Lorde of hoastes, This iniquitie shall not be purged from you tyll ye dye, saith the Lorde God of hoastes.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes. 4 All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened. 5 This is the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not thou triumph O Israel, make no boastyng ouer ioyous thinges as do the heathen: for thou hast committed adulterie agaynst thy God, whorishe rewardes hast thou loued more then all the corne floores.
  • Amos 6:3-6 : 3 Ye that put farre away the euyll day, and approche to the seate of iniquitie. 4 They lye vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretche them selues vpon their couches, and eate the lambes out of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall. 5 They sing to the sounde of the viole, they inuent to them selues instrumentes of musicke, like Dauid. 6 They drinke wine in bowles, and annoynt them selues with chiefe ointmentes: but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day.
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome,
  • Jas 4:9 : 9 Suffer afflictions, and mourne, and weepe: Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, and your ioy to heauinesse.
  • 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng.
  • 2 Sam 3:24-25 : 24 Then Ioab came to the king, and said: What hast thou done? Behold, Abner came vnto thee, and why hast thou sent him away, and he is quyte gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner, for he came to deceaue thee, and to knowe thy outgoyng and ingoyng, and to knowe all that thou doest.
  • 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 And I am this day tender and newly annoynted king, and these men the sonnes of Zaruia be to hard for me: The Lorde rewarde the doer of euyll, according to his wickednesse.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement, and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised: And the king and Haman sate and dranke, when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.