Proverbs 30:23
for a hateful woman when she is married, and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
In Context
22For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,
24There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 29:21He who brings up his servant gently from childhood shall have him become a son at the last.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:19-24
Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled… Read the whole commentary →