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
So all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You, come rule over us.'
1 Kings 12:13
Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.
Esther 3:1
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he exalted him and set {his position} above all the officials who [were] with him.
Psalm 12:8
[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
The rich
James 2:3
and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"