Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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Bible References
When
2 Chronicles 13:7
Useless troublemakers soon gathered around him, who turned out to be too strong for Rehoboam, because he was young, timid, and unable to withstand them.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh began to reign at the age of twelve years, and continued to reign for 55 years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem,
Isaiah 3:4
"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them.
And
Proverbs 20:1
Wine causes mocking, and beer causes fights; everyone led astray by them lacks wisdom.
Isaiah 5:11
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!
Isaiah 28:7
These people also stagger from wine and reel from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger from strong drink; they're drunk from wine; they reel from strong drink, waver when seeing visions, and stumble when rendering decisions.
Hosea 7:5
"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.
In the
Jeremiah 21:12
This is what the LORD says, house of David: "Judge appropriately every morning, and deliver those who have been robbed from the oppressor, so my anger does not break out like fire and burn with no one to put it out because of your evil deeds.