Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is gett
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wi
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drun
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old,
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have ma
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!