Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:17Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king."
Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool--how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Treasury of Scripture
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
in summer
1 Samuel 12:17,18
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king…
Judges 9:7,20,56,57
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you…
Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Esther 4:6,9
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate…
