Proverbs 30:22

For a servant when he is king; 2 a fool when he is filled with food; 2

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In The King James Version

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

In Context

21“For three things the earth tremble, 2 and under four, it can’t bear up: 2

23for an unloved (wife) when her husband takes her (back); 2 and a servant who is heir to her mistress. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:3A needy man who oppresses the poor 2 is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 1

Isaiah 3:4I will give boys to be their princes, 2 and children shall rule over them. 1

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 →

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