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Proverbs 30:22 KJV

"For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;"

Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 22

Proverbs 30:22 in Context (Verses 19–25 KJV)

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.^*

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:^*

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;