Proverbs 30:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,

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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.
  • Eccl 10:7 : 7 I haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.
  • Isa 3:4-5 : 4 And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them. 5 The people shalbe oppressed one of another, and euery one by his neighbour: the children shall presume against the ancient, and the vile against the honourable.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.
  • 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, & she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man was churlish, and euil conditioned, and was of the familie of Caleb.
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 Then Nabal answered Dauids seruantes, & sayd, Who is Dauid? And who is the sonne of Ishai? There be many seruantes nowe a dayes, that breake away euery man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and follie is with him: but I thine handmayde sawe not the yong men of my lord whom thou sentest.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a King, and Nabals heart was mery within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, neither lesse nor more, vntil the morning arose. 37 Then in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde him those wordes, and his heart died within him, and he was like a stone. 38 And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
  • 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 And when he had brought him thither, beholde, they lay scattered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great pray that they had taken out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:10
    80%

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

  • Prov 30:23
    76%

    23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, & for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

  • Prov 29:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

    12Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants are wicked.

  • Eccl 4:5
    73%

    5The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

  • Eccl 10:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

    15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

    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 11:29
    73%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 29:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

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

  • Eccl 10:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    7I haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.

  • Prov 17:2
    71%

    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 23:1
    71%

    1When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,

  • Prov 30:21
    71%

    21For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Eccl 7:6
    71%

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Eccl 2:19
    69%

    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

  • Job 20:23
    69%

    23He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Prov 17:28
    69%

    28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • Prov 12:15
    69%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Prov 12:9
    69%

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

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Prov 27:3
    69%

    3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 13:16
    69%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.