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Proverbs 30:22 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; "
Proverbs 30:22
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Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
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Proverbs 30:1
"The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,"
Proverbs 30:2
"Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."
Proverbs 30:3
"I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy."
Proverbs 30:4
"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?"
Proverbs 30:5
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust"
Proverbs 30:6
"Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
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