Proverbs 30:22
A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:25Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
1 Samuel 30:16And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
Isaiah 3:4And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.
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 →