Proverbs 19:10

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Summary

Proverbs 19:10

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

Delight

Much

2 Samuel 3:24

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Isaiah 3:5

General references

Ecclesiastes 10:7

Bible References

Delight

Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.

The runners, went forth, urged on by the word of the king, and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace, - and, the king and Haman, sat down to drink, but, the city of Shusan, was perplexed.

Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue, - Who follow on in the evening cool until with wine, they are heated;

And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,

By their wickedness, they gladden a king, and, by their flatteries, - rulers.

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation, like the peoples, for thou hast gone away unchastely from beside thy God, - thou hast loved a present, upon all the threshing-floors of corn!

Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:

Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;

Much

Then Joab came in unto the king, and said - What hast thou done? Lo! Abner came in unto thee. Wherefore is it that thou didst let him go, so that he is clean departed?

Here was a misfortune I had seen under the sun, - a veritable mistake that was going forth from the presence of one who had power:

And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend, - And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, the honourable,

General references

I had seen, servants, upon horses, - and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.