22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
Proverbs 30:22
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Ecclesiastes 4:13–15
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Proverbs 30:30–32
30 a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything; 31 a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him. 32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Proverbs 19:9–11
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish. 10 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.
Book of Enoch 7:2–4
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Ecclesiastes 10:5–7
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler: 6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. 7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
Testament of Reuben 1:24–26
24 First, the spirit of fornication is seated in the nature and in the senses; (T12) 25 The second, the spirit of insatiableness in the belly; (T12) 26 The third, the spirit of fighting, in the liver and gall. (T12)
Genesis 41:19–21
19 After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt! 20 Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first. 21 When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that…
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