Proverbs 30:22

English Standard Version 2016

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 25:25

Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.

Proverbs 30:21

Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:

Proverbs 30:23

an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

1 Samuel 25:2

And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.