Proverbs 30:23
Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
24Four, things there are, the small of the earth,—yet, they, are wiser than the wise:
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman, quarrelsome and provoking.
Proverbs 29:21He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.
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 →