Proverbs 19:10

⁸ He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

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

¹¹ A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

¹² A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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ÅB: Vellevnet høver ikke for en dåre, enda mindre høver det for en slave å herske over fyrster.
OTB: Overflod er ikke passende for en dåre; enda mindre for en tjener å styre over adelige.
B1930: Vellevnet høver ikke for en dåre, enda mindre høver det for en træl å herske over fyrster.

BSB: Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
KJV: Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
WEB: Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
ASV: Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
DARBY: Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
BLB: Luxury [is] not fitting for a fool—even less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 30:21–22
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
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Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
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Luke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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Luke 16:23
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
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James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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2 Samuel 3:24–25
So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
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2 Samuel 3:39
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
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Amos 6:3–6
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
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