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
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
A fool
1 Samuel 25:3
Now 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 of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, 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 like servants upon the earth.