Proverbs 30:10-20

10 Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will ¹curse you and you will be found guilty.

11 There is a kind of man who ²curses his father And does not bless his mother.

12 There is a kind who is ³pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

13 There is a kind -oh how ⁴lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

14 There is a kind of man whose ⁵teeth are like swords And his ⁶jaw teeth like knives, To ⁷devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.

15 The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough ":

16 ⁸Sheol, and the ⁹barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."

17 The eye that ¹⁰mocks a father And ¹¹scorns * a mother, The ¹²ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young ¹³eagles 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 ¹⁴eagle 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 ¹⁵adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."

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Proverbs 30:10-20 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 15

1. Ecclesiastes 7:21
2. Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 20:20
3. Proverbs 16:2; Isaiah 65:5; Luke 18:11; Titus 1:15, 16
4. Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 5:15
5. Psalms 57:4
6. Job 29:17
7. Psalms 14:4; Amos 8:4
8. Proverbs 27:20
9. Genesis 30:1
10. Genesis 9:22
11. Proverbs 15:20
12. Deuteronomy 28:26
13. Deuteronomy 28:26
14. Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22
15. Proverbs 5:6

Footnotes 6

[a]. Or "generation"
[b]. Or "generation"
[c]. Or "generation"
[d]. Or "generation"
[e]. I.e. The nether world
[f]. Lit "despises to obey"

Proverbs 30:10-20

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Proverbs 30:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

Cross References 15

Footnotes 6