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Proverbs 30:21-22
For three things the earth is perturbed, Yes, for four it cannot bear up:For a servant when he reigns, A fool when he is filled with food,
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Proverbs 26:1
As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
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Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine:“ Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,“ Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Amos 6:3-6
Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Isaiah 5:11-12
Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the Lord, Nor consider the operation of His hands.
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Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.
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Isaiah 3:5
The people will be oppressed, Every one by another and every one by his neighbor; The child will be insolent toward the elder, And the base toward the honorable.”
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2 Samuel 3 39
And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too harsh for me. The Lord shall repay the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
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Luke 16:19
“ There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
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James 4:9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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Luke 16:23
And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler:Folly is set in great dignity, While the rich sit in a lowly place.I have seen servants on horses, While princes walk on the ground like servants.
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Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
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1 Samuel 25 36
Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.
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2 Samuel 3 24-2 Samuel 3 25
Then Joab came to the king and said,“ What have you done? Look, Abner came to you; why is it that you sent him away, and he has already gone?Surely you realize that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”
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Hosea 7:3-5
They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies.“ They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker— He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened.In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
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Esther 3:15
The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
