[625] See 1 Kings xvi. 7.
[626] Prov. xxx. 22.
[627] Prov. xvii. 7.
[628] Prov. xxviii. 2.
[629] Prov. xxviii. 12.
[630] Prov. xiv. 28.
[631] Prov. xxix. 2.
[632] Prov. xxix. 4.
[633] Prov. xxix. 12. Cf. Ecclesiasticus x. 2: "As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are they also that dwell therein."
[634] Prov. xxiii. 1-3. Cf. the Eastern adage, "Dainties of a king burn the lips." It was a common occurrence at the court of Pope Alexander VI. to invite an obnoxious person to the Papal table and there dispose of him by means of poisoned food.