Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not the custom of a fool much less for a servant to rule over princes.
Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor does not become a fool.
Proverbs 30:21-22
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear:
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king's banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.
2 Samuel 3:24-25
Joab went to the king and asked: What have you done? Abner came to see you. Why did you send him away?
2 Samuel 3:39
Today, even though I am the anointed king, these men, Zeruiah's sons, are too strong for me to control. May Jehovah repay these wicked men, as their evil deed deserves.
Esther 3:15
The runners went out quickly with the king's order. A public statement was made in Shushan. The king and Haman took wine together, but the town of Shushan was troubled.
Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun. It is like an error that proceeds from the ruler.
Isaiah 3:5
People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.
Isaiah 5:11-12
How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.
Isaiah 22:12-14
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Hosea 7:3-5
They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell.
Hosea 9:1
O Israel, do not rejoice. Do not celebrate as pagan nations do. You have been unfaithful to your God. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.
Amos 6:3-6
You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.
Luke 16:19
A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
Luke 16:23
He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.