Ecclesiastes 10:16

The Burden Of Folly

¹⁵ The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city. ¹⁶ Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. ¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Woe to You

Isaiah 3:12

O My people! Their oppressors are children,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

2 Chronicles 13:7

and worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.

Isaiah 3:4-5

And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,

2 Chronicles 33:1-20

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 20:1-2

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Isaiah 28:7-8

And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink;
They reel while having visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says the Lord:
“Administer justice every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

Hosea 7:5-7

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers,