Ecclesiastes 10:7

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I have seen servants riding on horses and princes walking on foot like servants.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 let them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed on its head.

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  • Eccl 10:5-6
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    5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error that proceeds from a ruler:

    6Foolishness is set in high places, while the rich sit in lowly positions.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

    7For it is better to be told, 'Come up here,' than to be humiliated in the presence of a nobleman whom your eyes have seen.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9Better to be lowly and have a servant than to act important and have no food.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.

    9Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

    15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.

    17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

  • Job 34:19
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    19God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11kings of the earth and all nations, princes and all rulers of the earth,

  • Hab 1:10
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    10They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.

  • Judg 5:10
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    10You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on rich carpets, and you who walk along the road, think about this:

  • Ps 113:8
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    8He seats them with princes, with the princes of His people.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.

  • Isa 3:4
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    4I will make boys their leaders, and immature children will rule over them.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before obscure people.

  • Ps 113:6
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    6He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth.

  • Jas 1:10
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    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

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    12Look at every proud person and humble him, and crush the wicked where they stand.

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    7I acquired male and female servants and had other servants born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem who had come before me.

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    9Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

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    7When I went out to the city gate, and took my seat in the public square,

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    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

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    1Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice.

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    8Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

  • Job 22:8
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    8But the powerful man owns the land, and the honored man dwells in it.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Eloquent speech is not fitting for a fool; how much less deceitful speech for a ruler!

  • Prov 29:21
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    21If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    8'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'

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    21He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

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    23He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Jer 22:4
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    4For if you indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their officials, and their people.

  • Amos 6:12
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    12Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3They please the king with their evil and the princes with their lies.