World English Bible

Proverbs 30:22

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 30

So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.

For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

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

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

Wisdom sayings for godly living and practical life.