Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
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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.
- Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;
- Esth 6:8 : 8 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
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4 I will give boys to be their princes, And children shall rule over them.
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3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, And the princes with their lies.