Proverbs 19:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:39

Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The Lord pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”

Esther 3:15

The couriers went quickly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

Proverbs 17:7

Excess speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another and everyone by a neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder and the base to the honorable.

Hosea 9:1

Do not rejoice, O Israel! Do not exult as other nations do, for you have prostituted yourself, departing from your God. You have loved a prostitute’s pay on all threshing floors.

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail came to Nabal; he was holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.