Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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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 inces.
- Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
- Esth 6:8 : 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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