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
Unseemly for dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, is like a rain beating down, leaving no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I had seen, servants, upon horses, - and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will appoint boys to be their princes, - And, petulant children, 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 beautiful figure, - but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 30:16
So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land, - eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
General references
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I had seen, servants, upon horses, - and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.