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
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will make boys their princes, and infants 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. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
General references
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.