Proverbs 30:23
A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
In Context
22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,
24These be foure thynges in the earth the which are very litle, but in wisdome they exceede the wyse:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.
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 →