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 Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, 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 Mordecai 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: