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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Much

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}?

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

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

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