Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
In the
Bible References
When
2 Chronicles 13:7
and certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.
And
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
Isaiah 28:7
These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.
Hosea 7:5
On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
In the
Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"