Ecclesiastes 10:16

Legacy Standard Bible

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a young man and whose princes eat in the morning.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:11

So now, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 13:7

and worthless men gathered about him, vile men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon; he was young and timid and could not exert his strength before them.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Proverbs 28:16

A leader who lacks discernment abounds in oppressions, But he who hates greedy gain will prolong his days.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labor of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

Isaiah 3:12

O My people! Their taskmasters are infants, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And swallow up the way of your paths.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says Yahweh: “Render justice every morning; And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor, Lest My wrath go forth like fire And burn with none to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds.