Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
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
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the l
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house o
So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!