folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
After these things did king Ahasue´rus promote Haman the son of Hammeda´tha the A´gagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
And when Haman saw that Mor´decai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: