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Proverbs 30:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 30 · verse 22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;Proverbs 30:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 30:22 in context
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reignethmâlakto reignH4427 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- filledsâbaʻto sateH7646 →
- foolnâbâlstupidH5036 →
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Here is, I. An account of four things that are unsearchable, too wonderful to be fully known. And here, 1. The first three are natural things, and are only designed as comparisons for the illustration of the last. We cannot trace, (1.) An eagle in the air.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23