Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 19:10 : 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Eccl 10:7 : 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
- Isa 3:4-5 : 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
- Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
- 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
- 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
- 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
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5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
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3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
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3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.