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Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Proverbs 30:22 · King James Version
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Proverbs 30:22 in other translations
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,
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 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.
20 Such 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 is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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