Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
The rich
Bible References
Folly
Judges 9:14
Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come you, and reign over us.'
1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
Esther 3:1
After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.
The rich
James 2:3
and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool: