Proverbs 30:22
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 30
“For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;”Proverbs 30:22
What Does Proverbs 30:22 Mean?
Proverbs 30:22 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 30, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 30:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 10:7“I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”Proverbs 19:10“Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”Proverbs 26:8“As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.”Lamentations 5:8“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”1 Samuel 25:3“Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.”1 Samuel 25:10“And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.”1 Samuel 25:25“Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.”1 Samuel 25:36“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.”1 Samuel 30:16“And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.”Nehemiah 2:10“When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.”Isaiah 3:4“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.”Proverbs 28:3“A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”Proverbs 29:19“A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.”
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