Ecclesiastes 10:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 That he may be arayed with the royall garmentes which the king vseth to weare, and the horse that the king rydeth vpon, and that the crowne royall may be set vpon his head:

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  • Eccl 10:5-6
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    5Another 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.

    6in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

    7For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

    9The encrease of the earth vpholdeth all thyng: yea the kyng hym selfe is maynteyned by husbandry.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme.

    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14Lyke as the kinges and lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues speciall places,

    15Or as the princes that haue had golde, and their houses full of siluer:

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

    17But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.

  • Job 34:19
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    19God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

  • Hab 1:10
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    10And they shall mocke the kinges, and the princes shalbe a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery stronghold, for they shall gather dust, and take it.

  • Job 41:34
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    34He beholdeth all the hye thinges, he is a king ouer all the children of pride.

  • Judg 5:10
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    10Speake ye that ryde on fayre asses, ye that dwell by Middin, and that walke by the wayes.

  • Ps 113:8
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    8For to make him sit with the princes: euen with the princes of his people.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

  • Isa 3:4
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    4And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?

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    6and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth?

  • Jas 1:10
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    10Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.

  • Job 40:12
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    12Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place:

  • Eccl 2:7
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    7I bought seruauntes and maydens, and had a great housholde: As for cattel and sheepe, I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in Hierusalem.

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    9As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.

  • Job 29:7
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    7When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seate, and when I prepared my seate in the streete:

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    13This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

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    1Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.

  • Lam 5:8
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    8Seruauntes haue the rule of vs, and no man deliuereth vs out of their handes.

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    7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

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    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

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    21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

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    11His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places.

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    23He bringeth princes to nothing, and the iudges of the earth as though they were not.

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    7Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

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    4And if ye kepe these thinges faythfullye, then shall there come in at the doore of this house, kinges to sit vpon Dauids seate, they shalbe caried in charrets, and ride vpon horses, both they and their seruauntes, and their people.

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