1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
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Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)Note, 1. It is too common a thing for honour to be given to fools, who are utterly unworthy of it and unfit for it. Bad men, who have neither wit nor grace, are sometimes preferred by princes, and applauded and cried up by the people. Folly is set in great dignity , as Solomon observed, Eccl. 10:6. 2. It is very absurd and unbecoming when it is so. It is an incongruous as snow in summer , and as g…
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