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Proverbs 30:22
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
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Proverbs 30:22 in other translations
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
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In context
19 The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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 Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
23 under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
24 There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
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