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Proverbs 19:10
Luxury is not appropriate for a fool— how much less for a slave to rule over princes!
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Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen slaves on horses, but princes walking on the ground like slaves.
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Isaiah 3:4-5
“ I will make youths their leaders, and unstable rulers will govern them.”The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will act arrogantly toward the old, and the worthless toward the honorable.
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1 Samuel 25 3
The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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1 Samuel 25 10-1 Samuel 25 11
Nabal asked them,“ Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.Am I supposed to take my bread, my water, and my meat that I butchered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t know where they are from.”
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1 Samuel 25 25
My lord should pay no attention to this worthless fool Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means‘ stupid,’ and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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1 Samuel 30 16
So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
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Proverbs 28:3
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
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1 Samuel 25 36-1 Samuel 25 38
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful, and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.In the morning when Nabal sobered up, his wife told him about these events. His heart died and he became a stone.About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.