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
Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I saw slaves upon horses, and princes walking as slaves upon the earth.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and young fools 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 she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was hard and evil in his doings, and he was of the lineage of Caleb.
1 Samuel 30:16
And so he brought him down, and behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and holding a feast 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 saw slaves upon horses, and princes walking as slaves upon the earth.