Proverbs 19:10

For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Proverbs 30:21-22

Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.

2 Samuel 3:24-25

Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came here to you? Why have you dismissed him that he {actually went away}?

2 Samuel 3:39

I [am] weak today even though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] crueler than I [am]. May Yahweh pay them back for doing wickedness according to their [own] wickedness."

Esther 3:15

The couriers went out quickly by order of the king, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city of Susa was bewildered.

Proverbs 17:7

{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.

Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

Isaiah 22:12-14

And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.

Hosea 7:3-5

By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.

Hosea 9:1

Do not rejoice, Israel, do not exult like the nations! For you played the whore, departing from your God; you loved a harlot's wage on all the threshing floors of grain.

Amos 6:3-6

You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!

Luke 16:19

"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:23

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}.

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

General references

Bible References

Delight

Proverbs 30:21
Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
1 Samuel 25:36
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out quickly by order of the king, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city of Susa was bewildered.
Isaiah 5:11
Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.
Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.
Hosea 7:3
By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.
Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, Israel, do not exult like the nations! For you played the whore, departing from your God; you loved a harlot's wage on all the threshing floors of grain.
Amos 6:3
You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!
Luke 16:19
"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.
James 4:9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

Much

2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came here to you? Why have you dismissed him that he {actually went away}?
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!
Isaiah 3:5
And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

General references

Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have even seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!