Proverbs 30:23

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an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father, and a nagging wife is like constant dripping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
  • Prov 27:15 : 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 30:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

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

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

  • Prov 31:23
    72%

    23Her husband is respected at the city gates, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

  • Job 31:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

    11For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Prov 25:24
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    24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.

  • Eccl 7:26
    71%

    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    71%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

    2When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.

    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Deut 21:15
    70%

    15If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,

  • Prov 27:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

    16Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

  • Prov 21:9
    70%

    9It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13A foolish son is a disaster to his father, and a nagging wife is like constant dripping.

    14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    70%

    30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

    31Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates.

  • Deut 28:56
    70%

    56The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.

  • Prov 23:27
    70%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.

  • Prov 11:22
    70%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 21:19
    69%

    19It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.

  • Prov 7:11
    69%

    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

  • Num 30:10
    69%

    10A widow or a divorced woman is bound by all her vows and the obligations she places on herself.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Exod 21:7
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    7If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
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    9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights.

  • Prov 12:4
    69%

    4A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

  • Prov 30:24
    69%

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

  • Exod 21:4
    69%

    4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.

  • Job 31:13
    69%

    13If I have denied justice to my male or female servants when they had a grievance against me,

  • Prov 31:15
    69%

    15She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Esth 1:17
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    17For the queen's conduct will become known to all the women, causing them to look down on their husbands by saying, 'King Ahasuerus ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.'

  • Prov 6:26
    69%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Num 30:6
    69%

    6But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

  • Prov 9:13
    68%

    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

  • Num 30:3
    68%

    3If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

  • Deut 25:11
    68%

    11If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,

  • Prov 3:16
    68%

    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor.

  • Prov 31:13
    68%

    13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.