Proverbs 30:22

New International Reader's Version

The first is a servant who becomes a king. The second is a foolish and ungodly person who gets plenty to eat.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

It isn’t proper for a foolish person to live in great comfort. And it is much worse when a slave rules over princes!

Proverbs 28:3

A ruler who treats poor people badly is like a pounding rain that leaves no crops.

Proverbs 30:21

“Under three things the earth shakes. Under four things it can’t stand up.

Proverbs 30:23

The third is a mean woman who gets married. And the fourth is a servant who takes the place of the woman she works for.

Ecclesiastes 10:7

I’ve seen slaves on horseback. I’ve also seen princes who were forced to walk as if they were slaves.

1 Samuel 25:2

A certain man in Maon was very wealthy. He owned property there at Carmel. He had 1,000 goats and 3,000 sheep. He was clipping the wool off the sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please don’t pay any attention to that evil man Nabal. His name means Foolish Person. And that’s exactly what he is. He’s always doing foolish things. I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to see the men you sent.

1 Samuel 25:3

His name was Nabal. His wife’s name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman. But her husband was rude and mean in the way he treated others. He was from the family of Caleb.

1 Samuel 30:16

He led David down to where the men were. They were scattered all over the countryside. They were eating and drinking and dancing wildly. That’s because they had taken a large amount of goods from those they had attacked. They had taken it from the land of the Philistines and from the people of Judah.