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Proverbs 28:16
The prince that wanteth understanding[ is] also a great oppressor:[ but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong[ his] days.
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Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil[ which] I have seen under the sun, as an error[ which] proceedeth from the ruler:Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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Proverbs 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so[ is] he that giveth honour to a fool.
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Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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Psalms 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.
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Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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Psalms 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God[ endureth] continually.
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Judges 9:7
And when they told[ it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
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1 Samuel 12 17-1 Samuel 12 18
[ 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.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.
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Judges 9:56-57
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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Esther 4:6
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which[ was] before the king’s gate.
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Esther 4:9
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
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Esther 3:1-15
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.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.Then the king’s servants, which[ were] in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?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.And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that[ were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus,[ even] the people of Mordecai.In the first month, that[ is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that[ is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month,[ to] the twelfth[ month], that[ is], the month Adar.And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws[ are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it[ is] not for the king’s profit to suffer them.If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring[ it] into the king’s treasuries.And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.And the king said unto Haman, The silver[ is] given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that[ were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and[ to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day,[ even] upon the thirteenth[ day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and[ to take] the spoil of them for a prey.The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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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.
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Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
