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
Luxury is not becoming for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses and princes walking as servants on the earth.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will give young boys to be their rulers, and caprices shall rule over them.
A fool
1 Samuel 25:3
And the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful form. But the man was cruel and evil in his dealings. And he was of Caleb.
1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad on all the earth, 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 on horses and princes walking as servants on the earth.