Proverbs 30:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,”
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BSBPD
“a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 30:22 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
- 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
- 1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- 1 Samuel 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
- Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
- Isaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
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