Proverbs 30:22

New English Translation

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

Proverbs 28:3

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

Proverbs 30:21

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

Proverbs 30:23

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves.

1 Samuel 25:2

There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.