Ecclesiastes 10:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

I haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 Let them bring for him royall apparell, which the King vseth to weare, and the horse that the King rideth vpon, and that the crowne royall may be set vpon his head.

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  • Eccl 10:5-6
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    5There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an error that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

    6Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.

  • Prov 19:10
    74%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

    7For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40He powreth cotempt vpon princes, & causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9He that is despised, & is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8(5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

    9(5:8) And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    70%

    9All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.

    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14With the Kings & counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places:

    15Or with the princes that had golde, and haue filled their houses with siluer.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

    17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

  • Job 34:19
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    19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • Ps 148:11
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    11Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:

  • Hab 1:10
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    10And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.

  • Job 41:34
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    34(41:25) He beholdeth al hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.

  • Judg 5:10
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    10Speake ye that ride on white asses, yee that dwel by Middin, & that walke by the way.

  • Ps 113:8
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    8That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

  • Isa 3:4
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    4And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.

  • Ps 113:6
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    6Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

  • Jas 1:10
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    10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

  • Job 40:12
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    12(40:7) Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.

  • Eccl 2:7
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    7I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

  • Job 29:7
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    7When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • Isa 32:1
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    1Beholde, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.

  • Lam 5:8
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    8Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.

  • Job 22:8
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    8But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Prov 29:21
    67%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    8He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger fro the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.

  • Job 12:21
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    21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:

  • Isa 40:23
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    23He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

  • Jer 22:4
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    4For if ye do this thing, then shall the kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates of this House, and ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, both he and his seruants and his people.

  • Amos 6:12
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    12Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.

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    3They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.