Proverbs 30:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
  • Prov 27:15 : 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

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  • Prov 30:20-22
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

    21Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:

    22under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,

  • Prov 31:23
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    23Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

  • Job 31:10-11
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    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

    11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

  • Deut 22:13-14
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    13Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

    2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.

    3If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,

  • Deut 28:30
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    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Deut 21:15
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    15Laws Concerning Children Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.

    16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

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

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the LORD– she makes herself praiseworthy.

    31Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

  • Prov 23:27
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    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

  • Prov 21:19
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    19It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

  • Prov 7:11
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    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

  • Num 30:10
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    10If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

  • Prov 31:27
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    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Exod 21:7
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    7“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.

  • Exod 21:9-10
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    9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

  • Prov 30:24
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    24There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

  • Exod 21:4
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    4If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself.

  • Job 31:13
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    13“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

  • Prov 31:15
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    15Then she rose while it was still night, and provided food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

  • Esth 1:17
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    17For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying,‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’

  • Prov 6:26
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    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Num 30:6
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  • Prov 5:4
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    4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 9:13
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    13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

  • Num 30:3
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    3Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,

  • Deut 25:11
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    11If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his private parts,

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

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    13She sought out wool and flax, then worked happily with her hands.