Proverbs 30:3-13

3 Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the 1knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who has 2ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the 3wind in His fists? Who has 4wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has 5established all the ends of the earth? What is His 6name or His son's name? Surely you know!
5 Every 7word of God is tested; He is a 8shield to those who take refuge in Him.
6 9Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.
7 Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die:
8 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the 10food that is my portion,
9 That I not be 11full and deny 12You and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or that I not be 13in want and steal, And 14profane the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will 15curse you and you will be found guilty.
11 There is a kind of man who 16curses his father And does not bless his mother.
12 There is a kind who is 17pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
13 There is a kind -oh how 18lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

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.

Cross References 18

  • 1. Proverbs 9:10
  • 2. Psalms 68:18; John 3:13; Ephesians 4:8
  • 3. Exodus 15:10; Psalms 135:7
  • 4. Job 26:8; Job 38:8, 9
  • 5. Psalms 24:2; Isaiah 45:18
  • 6. Revelation 19:12
  • 7. Psalms 12:6; Psalms 18:30
  • 8. Psalms 3:3; Psalms 84:11; Proverbs 2:7
  • 9. Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18
  • 10. Job 23:12; Matthew 6:11
  • 11. Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 31:20; Nehemiah 9:25; Hosea 13:6
  • 12. Joshua 24:27; Job 31:28
  • 13. Proverbs 6:30
  • 14. Exodus 20:7
  • 15. Ecclesiastes 7:21
  • 16. Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 20:20
  • 17. Proverbs 16:2; Isaiah 65:5; Luke 18:11; Titus 1:15, 16
  • 18. Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 5:15

Footnotes 5

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