Proverbs 30:22 “a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,”

Proverbs 30:22

a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

World English Bible

For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

American Standard Version

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

Geneva Bible 1599

For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,

Darby Translation

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

Young's Literal Translation

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

Bible in Basic English

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

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Cross references

“a servant”

Proverbs 19:10 Ecclesiastes 10:7 Proverbs 28:3 Isaiah 3:4 Isaiah 3:5

Proverbs 19:10 · BSB

Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

Ecclesiastes 10:7 · BSB

I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

Proverbs 28:3 · BSB

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Isaiah 3:4 · BSB

“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

Isaiah 3:5 · BSB

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

“a fool”

1 Samuel 25:3 1 Samuel 25:25 1 Samuel 25:36–38 1 Samuel 30:16 1 Samuel 25:10 1 Samuel 25:11

1 Samuel 25:3 · BSB

His 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 25:25 · BSB

My 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 25:36–38 · BSB

When 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 30:16 · BSB

So 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.

1 Samuel 25:10 · BSB

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

1 Samuel 25:11 · BSB

Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

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