Proverbs 30:23
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
In Context
22For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,
24These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.
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 →