Proverbs 30:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:10
    80%

    10¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 30:23
    76%

    23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 29:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Eccl 4:5
    73%

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Eccl 10:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The 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!

    17Blessed [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!

  • Prov 11:29
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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.

  • Prov 29:19-21
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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.

  • Eccl 10:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:

    6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

    7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  • Prov 17:2
    71%

    2¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13¶ Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 23:1
    71%

    1¶ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:

  • Prov 30:21
    71%

    21For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Eccl 7:6
    71%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    3Yea 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.

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

    2¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 21:20
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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.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 2:19
    69%

    19And 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.

  • Job 20:23
    69%

    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.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 17:28
    69%

    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

  • Prov 12:15
    69%

    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9¶ [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 27:3
    69%

    3¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.

  • Prov 13:16
    69%

    16¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
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    11¶ As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

    12¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1¶ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.