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Proverbs 30:15-25

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15 The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough ":
16 1Sheol, and the 2barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."
17 The eye that 3mocks a father And 4scorns * a mother, The 5ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young 6eagles will eat it.
18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:
19 The way of an 7eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid.
20 This is the way of an 8adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
21 Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot * bear up:
22 Under a 9slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
23 Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
24 Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
25 The 10ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;
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Proverbs 30:15-25 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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Cross References 10

  • 1. Proverbs 27:20
  • 2. Genesis 30:1
  • 3. Genesis 9:22
  • 4. Proverbs 15:20
  • 5. Deuteronomy 28:26
  • 6. Deuteronomy 28:26
  • 7. Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22
  • 8. Proverbs 5:6
  • 9. Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7
  • 10. Proverbs 6:6

Footnotes 2

  • [a] I.e. The nether world
  • [b] Lit "despises to obey"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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