Verse 22
Proverbs 30:22
Noah Webster Bible
22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּֽחַת עֶ֭בֶד כִּ֣י יִמְל֑וֹךְ וְ֝/נָבָ֗ל כִּ֣י יִֽשְׂבַּֽע לָֽחֶם
English Translation
Instead of a servant because he will reign, and a fool because he will be satisfied with bread.
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Chapter 30 Context
1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel a...
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Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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3
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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4
Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound...
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5
Every word of God (Elohim) is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him.
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6
Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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7
Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die:
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8
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient...
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9
Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the...
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10
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devour the poor...
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15
The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satis...
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16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not...
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17
The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall...
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18
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:
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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...
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20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no...
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21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
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22
For a servant when he reigneth; 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.
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24
There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise:
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25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
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26
The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
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27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.
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29
There are three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:
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30
A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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31
A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thy hand upon t...
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33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood...
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