Proverbs 30:23
Under an odious woman when she becometh a wife, And a handmaid when she becometh heir to her mistress.
Noyes 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
22Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled with bread;
24There are four things which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 29:21He that bringeth up his servant delicately from childhood Shall have him become a son at the last.
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 →