Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
A fool
General references
Bible References
A servant
Proverbs 19:10
Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
A fool
1 Samuel 25:3
And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 30:16
And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
General references
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.