Proverbs 19:10

¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Delight {H8588} is not seemly {H5000} for a fool {H3684}; much less for a servant {H5650} to have rule {H4910} over princes {H8269}.

It isn't fitting for a fool to live in luxury, and even less for a slave to govern princes.

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

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 30:21 (5 votes)

    For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:

  • Proverbs 30:22 (5 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 26:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Luke 16:23 (2 votes)

    And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

  • 2 Samuel 3:24 (2 votes)

    Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Samuel 3:25 (2 votes)

    Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.