Proverbs 30:22
if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3And the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigaia: and his wife was of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man was harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man was churlish.
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, + 25:25 Heb. and Alex.+ 'even Nabal' for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send.
1 Samuel 30:16So he brought him down there, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
Proverbs 28:3A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and profitable rain,
Isaiah 3:4And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion 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 →