Proverbs 30:23
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Berean Standard Bible
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 servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 29:21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
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 →