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Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 30:23 in other translations
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
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In context
20 So 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 doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
23 For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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