Proverbs 30:14-24

14 There is a kind of man whose ¹teeth are like swords And his ²jaw teeth like knives, To ³devour 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 ⁴Sheol, and the ⁵barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."

17 The eye that ⁶mocks a father And ⁷scorns * a mother, The ⁸ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young ⁹eagles 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 ¹⁰eagle 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 ¹¹adulterous 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 ¹²slave 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:

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Proverbs 30:14-24 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 12

1. Psalms 57:4
2. Job 29:17
3. Psalms 14:4; Amos 8:4
4. Proverbs 27:20
5. Genesis 30:1
6. Genesis 9:22
7. Proverbs 15:20
8. Deuteronomy 28:26
9. Deuteronomy 28:26
10. Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22
11. Proverbs 5:6
12. Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7

Footnotes 3

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

Proverbs 30:14-24

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Proverbs 30:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

Cross References 12

Footnotes 3