Proverbs 30:23
by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.
Catholic Public Domain 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
22by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,
24Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
Proverbs 29:21Whoever nurtures his servant delicately from childhood, afterwards will find him defiant.
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 →