Proverbs 30:22
Under a servant when he becometh king, and a worthless fool when he hath eaten enough bread;
Leeser Tanakh
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 trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:
23Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard-hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 30:16And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the indigent is like a sweeping rain which bringeth no bread.
Isaiah 3:4And I will set up boys as their princes, and children shall 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 →