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Proverbs 30:3-13

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3 I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.[a]
4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down?[b] Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?[c] Who has established all the ends of the earth?[d] What is His name, and what is the name of His Son- if you know?[e]
5 Every word of God is pure;[f] [g] He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
6 Don't add to His words,[h] or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.
7 Two things I ask of You; don't deny them to me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need.[i]
9 Otherwise, I might have too much and deny You, saying, "Who is the Lord?"[j] or I might have nothing and steal, profaning[k] the name of my God.
10 Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
13 There is a generation-how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks.[l]
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Proverbs 30:3-13 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 12

  • [a] Pr 9:10
  • [b] Jn 3:13; Eph 4:9-10
  • [c] Jb 26:8; 38:9
  • [d] Jb 38:4-5; Ps 93:1; 119:90
  • [e] Mt 11:27; Rv 19:12-13
  • [f] Lit refined, like metal
  • [g] Ps 12:6; 18:30
  • [h] Dt 4:2; 12:32; Rv 22:18
  • [i] Pr 31:15; Mt 6:11
  • [j] Dt 6:10-12; 8:11-14
  • [k] Lit grabbing
  • [l] Lit and its eyelids lifted up
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