Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
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- Prov 19:10 : 10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Eccl 10:7 : 7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
- Isa 3:4-5 : 4 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them. 5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
- Prov 28:3 : 3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
- 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"
- 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
- 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
- 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, 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 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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23 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
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5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
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14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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19 A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
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5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
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23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
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1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
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21 "For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:
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3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
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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 one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
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2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
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25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
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33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
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19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
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3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
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1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.