Proverbs 30:23

Proverbs chapter 30 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

King James Version · 1611

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

American Standard Version · 1901

For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

v.22For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

v.23This passage

v.24There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: