PROVERBS CHAPTER 30
The Maxims of Agur, the Son of Jakeh.
DEDUCING TRUTHS FROM COMMON EXPERIENCE. — V. 21. For three things the earth is disquieted, trembling as under an unbearable burden, and for four which it cannot bear: v. 22. for a servant, a man of the lowest condition and status in life, when he reigneth, when lie suddenly finds himself elevated to the position of ruler and then follows his caprice; and a fool when he is filled with meat, since lie, being surfeited, becomes insolent; v.23. for an odious woman when she is married, for an old maid, disagreeable in disposition, is apt to repay the contempt which she suffered from others in the same coin, and with full interest; and an handmaid, a house slave or nurse, that is heir to her mistress, such a piece of good fortune tending to make her insolent and presumptuous in her behavior.