Proverbs 30:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
  • Eccl 10:7 : 7 I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.
  • Isa 3:4-5 : 4 And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them. 5 And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.
  • 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wysedome, and beautifull: But the man was churlishe, and of shrewde conditions, & was of the kinred of Caleb.
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 And Nabal aunswered Dauids seruauntes, and said: Who is Dauid? and who is ye sonne of Isai? There is plentie of seruauntes now a dayes that breake away euery man from his maister. 11 Shal I then take my bread, my water, and my fleshe that I haue killed for my shearers, and geue it vnto men whom I wot not whence they be?
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lorde I pray thee regarde this wicked man Nabal: For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, & folly is with him: But I thyne handmayd sawe not the young men of my lorde whom thou sendedst.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng. 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
  • 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 And when he had brought him thyther, beholde they laye scattered abrode vpon all the earth, eating, and drynking, & daunsing, because of al the great praye that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iuda.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:10
    80%

    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 30:23
    76%

    23A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse.

  • Prov 29:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

    12If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

  • Eccl 4:5
    73%

    5The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.

  • Eccl 10:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?

    15The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

    17But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 29:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Eccl 10:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

    6in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

    7I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.

  • Prov 17:2
    71%

    2A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 23:1
    71%

    1When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee.

  • Prov 30:21
    71%

    21For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Eccl 7:6
    71%

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 21:20
    70%

    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Eccl 2:19
    69%

    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Job 20:23
    69%

    23And it shall come to passe, that wherewith he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath theron, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate.

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Prov 17:28
    69%

    28Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.

  • Prov 12:15
    69%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

  • Prov 12:9
    69%

    9He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Prov 27:3
    69%

    3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 13:16
    69%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe.

    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Lyke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole.