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Proverbs 30:3-13

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3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of 1the Holy One.
4 Who has 2ascended to heaven and come down? Who has 3gathered the wind in his fists? Who has 4wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all 5the ends of the earth? 6What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
5 7Every word of God proves true; he is 8a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6 9Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
7 Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me 10before I die:
8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is 11needful for me,
9 lest I be 12full and 13deny you and say, 14"Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal 15and profane the name of my God.
10 16Do not slander a servant to his master, 17lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There are those[a] who 18curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 There are those who are 19clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
13 There are those--how 20lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
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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

Cross References 20

  • 1. Proverbs 9:10
  • 2. John 3:13
  • 3. [Isaiah 40:12]; See Job 38:4-11; Psalms 104:3-6
  • 4. Job 26:8
  • 5. Psalms 22:27
  • 6. [Revelation 19:12]
  • 7. Psalms 12:6; Psalms 18:30
  • 8. See Psalms 3:3
  • 9. Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32; [Revelation 22:18]
  • 10. Genesis 45:28
  • 11. Job 23:12; Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3
  • 12. Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 31:20; Deuteronomy 32:15; Nehemiah 9:25; [ver. 22]
  • 13. Joshua 24:27
  • 14. Exodus 5:2
  • 15. [Job 21:14, 15]; See Exodus 20:7
  • 16. [Psalms 15:3; Psalms 101:5]
  • 17. Ecclesiastes 7:21
  • 18. Proverbs 20:20; [ver. 17]; See Exodus 21:17
  • 19. Proverbs 16:2; [Luke 18:11; Revelation 3:17]
  • 20. See Psalms 101:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.