Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he is king;a fool when he is filled with food;
New Heart English Bible
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,and under four, it can't bear up:
23for an unloved woman when she is married;and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:25Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
1 Samuel 30:16When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A needy man who oppresses the pooris like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Isaiah 3:4I will give boys to be 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 →