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Proverbs 30:22
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Proverbs 30:22
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22 a servant who becomes king,(A)
a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
Proverbs 30:22
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Proverbs 30:22
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22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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Proverbs 19:10
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Proverbs 19:10
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Proverbs 19:10
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Proverbs 19:10
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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Ecclesiastes 10:7
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Ecclesiastes 10:7
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7 I have seen slaves on horseback,
while princes go on foot like slaves.(A)
Ecclesiastes 10:7
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Ecclesiastes 10:7
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7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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Isaiah 3:4-5
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Isaiah 3:4-5
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4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(A)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(B)
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.
Isaiah 3:4-5
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Isaiah 3:4-5
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4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
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Proverbs 28:3
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Proverbs 28:3
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3 A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person
Proverbs 28:3
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Proverbs 28:3
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3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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1 Samuel 30:16
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1 Samuel 30:16
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16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling(A) because of the great amount of plunder(B) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.
1 Samuel 30:16
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1 Samuel 30:16
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16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon 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.
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1 Samuel 25:36-38
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1 Samuel 25:36-38
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36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(A) spirits and very drunk.(B) So she told(C) him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.(D) 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck(E) Nabal and he died.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
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1 Samuel 25:36-38
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36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
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1 Samuel 25:25
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1 Samuel 25:25
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25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool(A),(B) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.
1 Samuel 25:25
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1 Samuel 25:25
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25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
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1 Samuel 25:10-11
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1 Samuel 25:10-11
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10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(A) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread(B) and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
1 Samuel 25:10-11
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1 Samuel 25:10-11
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10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
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1 Samuel 25:3
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1 Samuel 25:3
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3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail.(A) She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.(B)
1 Samuel 25:3
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1 Samuel 25:3
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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 churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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