Proverbs 26:1

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• Proverbs 19:10
  Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Proverbs 28:16
  The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
• 1 Samuel 12:17-18
  ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. ¹⁸ So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.¹⁷ Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” ¹⁸ So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
• Proverbs 26:8
  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
• Esther 3:1-15
  ¹ After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. ² And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. ³ Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? ⁴ Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.¹ After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him. ² All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage. ³ Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?” ⁴ Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
• Psalm 12:8
  The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
• Psalm 15:4
  In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
• Esther 4:6
  So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
• Esther 4:9
  And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
• Judges 9:20
  But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

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