Proverbs 30:22
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
1 Samuel 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Isaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will 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 →