Proverbs 30:22

Four Things That Are Intolerable

²¹ The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:
²² a servant when he becomes king,
a fool when he is stuffed with food,
²³ an unloved woman when she marries,
and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.

Without Sense

Proverbs 19:10

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool—
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I have seen slaves on horses,
but princes walking on the ground like slaves.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

1 Samuel 25:10-11

Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord should pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name is Nabal, and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

Proverbs 28:3

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Isaiah 3:4-5

“I will make youths their leaders,
and the unstable will govern them.”