Ecclesiastes 10:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:

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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

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    10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40 He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9 He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

    9 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8 He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9 All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

    10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

    15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

  • Prov 30:22
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    22 A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16 Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

    17 Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10 The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

  • Job 5:3
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    3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Job 34:19
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    19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:

  • Hab 1:10
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    10 He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

  • Judg 5:10
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    10 Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.

  • Ps 113:8
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    8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

  • Isa 3:4
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    4 And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

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    29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

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    10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

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    12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

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    7 I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

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    9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

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    7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

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    13 This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

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    1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • Lam 5:8
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    8 Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands.

  • Job 22:8
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  • Prov 17:7
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    7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

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    8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

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    21 He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

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    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

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    23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.

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    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Jer 22:4
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    3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.