Proverbs 30:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

a slave who becomes king, a fool who eats too much,

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule in place of a king.

Proverbs 28:3

When someone poor takes over and ill-treats the poor, it's like a heavy rain destroying the crops.

Proverbs 30:21

There are three or four things that make the earth tremble and are unbearable:

Proverbs 30:23

a hateful woman who finds a husband, and a slave who takes the place of the woman who owns her.

Ecclesiastes 10:7

they let slaves ride on horses, but force slave owners to walk.

1 Samuel 25:2

Nabal was a very rich man who lived in Maon. He owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, which he kept at Carmel. His wife Abigail was sensible and beautiful, but he was from the Caleb clan and was rough and mean.

1 Samuel 25:25

Don't pay any attention to that good-for-nothing Nabal. His name means “fool”, and it really fits him! I didn't see the men you sent,

1 Samuel 30:16

He led David to the Amalekites. They were eating and drinking everywhere, celebrating because of what they had taken from Philistia and Judah.