Under three things the earth quakes, and under four it is not able to bear up:

For a servant when he reigns, a fool when he is filled with food,

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was exceedingly drunk; therefore she did not tell him a word, little or much, until morning light.

The runners went out, hastened by the king's command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the palace. So the king and Haman sat down to drink. But the city of Shushan was perplexed.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to pursue strong drink; remaining until the evening while wine inflames them!

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called for weeping and mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

And it was revealed in my ears by Jehovah of Hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be atoned until you die, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

They make the king glad with their evil, and the rulers with their lies.

In the day of our king, the rulers have made themselves sick, inflamed with wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.

O Israel, do not rejoice for joy, like the peoples. For you have committed adultery against your God. You have loved for hire on every grain threshing floor.

You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near,

who chant with the sound of the lute; they invent instruments of song for themselves like David;

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to shame.

Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you sent him away, and he has left to go?

You realize that Abner the son of Ner has come to deceive you, to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.

And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too severe for me. Jehovah shall repay the evildoer according to his evil.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes from a ruler's presence:

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.

And the people shall be oppressed, man against man, every man by his neighbor. The youth will be insolent against the elder, and the dishonorable against the honorable.