Proverbs 30:23
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:
24There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
Proverbs 29:21He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
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 →