Proverbs 30:22
Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
23Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out 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 beautiful figure,—but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:25Let it not be, I pray thee, that my lord regard this abandoned man—Nabal [="Base"]; For, as his name is, so, is he. Nabal, is his name, and, baseness, is with him,—But, I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 30:16So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,—eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, [is like] a rain beating down, leaving no food.
Isaiah 3:4And I will appoint boys to be their princes,—And, petulant 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 →