Proverbs 30:22

by a servant, when he reigneth; by a fool, when he is filled with meat, (or by a fool, when he is filled full with food);

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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

21The earth is moved by three things, and by the fourth thing, which it may not sustain;

23by an hateful woman, when she is taken in matrimony; and by an handmaid, when she is heir of her lady, (or and by a servantess, when she is her lady’s heir).

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:3And the name of that man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail; and that woman was most prudent and fair (or and that woman was very intelligent and beautiful); but her husband was hard and full wicked and malicious; and he was of the kin of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:25I pray (thee), my lord the king, set not his heart on this wicked man Nabal, for by his name he is a fool, and folly is with him; but, my lord, I thine handmaid saw not thy young men, which thou sentest, (or but my lord, I thy servantess, did not see thy young men, whom thou sentest).

1 Samuel 30:16And when the young man had led him thither, lo! they sat at the meat, upon the face of all the earth, eating and drinking, and as hallowing a feast day, for all the prey and spoils which they had taken of the land of Philistines, and of the land of Judah. (And when the young man had led him there, behold! they sat spread out over all the ground, eating and drinking, as if celebrating a feast day, because of all the prey and the spoils which they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and the land of Judah.)

Proverbs 28:3A poor man falsely challenging poor men, is like a great rain, wherein hunger is made ready. (A poor person who oppresseth the poor or A tyrant who oppresseth the poor, is like a great rain that destroyeth the crops.)

Isaiah 3:4And I shall give children to be the princes of them, and men of women’s conditions shall be lords of them. (And I shall make children to be their leaders, and young boys to be their lords and masters.)

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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