Proverbs 30:28-33

28 You can catch lizards in your hand, but they are in kings' palaces.

29 There are three things that are excellent in their stride, four that are excellent as they walk:

30 a lion, a warrior among beasts, which doesn't back down at anything;

31 the strut of a rooster or a male goat; and a king with his army.

32 If you've been foolish and arrogant, if you've been scheming, put your hand to your mouth,

33 because churning milk makes curds, squeezing the nose brings blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.

Proverbs 30:28-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.