“For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;”
Proverbs 30:22 (KJV) |
Proverbs 30:22
From Proverbs 30, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: