Proverbs 19:10

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes lies will perish.
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Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
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Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger,
And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment].

Rule Over

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted] fool.

Proverbs 30:21-22

Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes,
And under four it cannot bear up:

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and he was holding a feast in his house [for the shearers], like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s mood was joyous because he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

2 Samuel 3:24-25

Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, so that he is already gone?

2 Samuel 3:39

Today I am weak, though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer [Joab] in accordance with his wickedness!”

Esther 3:15

The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was perplexed [by the unusual and alarming decree].

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.

Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The boy will be arrogant and insolent toward the elder
And the vulgar (common) toward the honorable [person of rank].

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who rise early in the morning to pursue intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the night till wine inflames them!

Isaiah 22:12-14

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

Hosea 7:3-5

They make the king glad with their wickedness,
And the princes with their lies.

Hosea 9:1

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples,
For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God.
You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].

Amos 6:3-6

Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day.

Luke 16:23

In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).

James 4:9

Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.