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 there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them.
2 Chronicles 33:1
A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
2 Chronicles 36:2
A son of three and twenty years is Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
Isaiah 3:4
And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.
And
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a scorner -- strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!
Isaiah 28:7
And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
Hosea 7:5
A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.
In the
Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.