Proverbs 30:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 30:22

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Berean Standard Bible

a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

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ASV

American Standard Version

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

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Proverbs 30

²⁰ This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

²¹ Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

²² a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

²³ an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

²⁴ Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

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