Proverbs 19:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!”
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“Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 19:10 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- 2 Samuel 3:24So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
- 2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
- Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 26:1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- Proverbs 30:21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
- Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
- Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
- Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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