Proverbs 30:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
  • Prov 27:15 : 15 A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 30:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.

    21 For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.

    22 A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Prov 31:23
    72%

    23 Her husbande is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande.

  • Job 31:10-11
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    71%

    10 Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

    11 For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 If a man take a wyfe, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

    14 And lay shamefull thynges vnto her charge, and bryng vp an euyll name vpon her, and say, I toke this wyfe, and when I came to her I founde her not a mayde:

  • Prov 25:24
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    24 It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

  • Deut 24:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1 When a man hath taken a wife and maried her, if she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her: then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house:

    2 And when she is departed out of his house, let her go and be another mans wyfe.

    3 And if the seconde husbande hate her, let him write her also a letter of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house: Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe,

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30 Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes.

  • Deut 21:15
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    15 If a man haue two wyues, one beloued, and another hated, and they haue borne hym children, both the loued and also the hated: If the first borne be the sonne of the hated:

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    70%

    15 A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.

    16 He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.

    14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

  • Prov 31:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30 As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed.

    31 Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56 Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greeued to loke on her husbande that lieth in her bosome, & on her sonne, and on her daughter,

  • Prov 23:27
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    27 For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22 A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.

  • Prov 21:19
    69%

    19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.

  • Prov 7:11
    69%

    11 She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house:

  • Num 30:10
    69%

    10 If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe:

  • Prov 31:27
    69%

    27 She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse.

  • Exod 21:7
    69%

    7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

    10 And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe.

  • Prov 12:4
    69%

    4 A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.

  • Prov 30:24
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    24 These be foure thynges in the earth the which are very litle, but in wisdome they exceede the wyse:

  • Exod 21:4
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    4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

  • Job 31:13
    69%

    13 If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

  • Prov 31:15
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    15 She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

  • Esth 1:17
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    17 For this deede of the queene shall come abrode vnto all women, so that they shall despise their husbandes before their eyes, and shall say: The king Ahasuerus commaunded Uasthi the queene to be brought in before hym, but she woulde not come.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26 By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

  • Num 30:6
    69%

    6 If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule:

  • Prov 5:4
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    4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde.

  • Prov 9:13
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    13 A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,

  • Num 30:3
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    3 If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth:

  • Deut 25:11
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    11 If when men striue together one with another, the wife of the one drawe neare for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym, and put foorth her hande and take hym by the secretes:

  • Prov 3:16
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    16 In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour.

  • Prov 31:13
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    13 She occupieth wooll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly with her handes.