Proverbs 30:21

21 "There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot stand:

Proverbs 30:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:21

For three [things] the earth is disquieted
The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear;
they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.

Proverbs 30:21 In-Context

19 the way an eagle flies in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails on the sea, and the way a man and a woman fall in love.
20 "This is the way of a woman who takes part in adultery: She acts as if she had eaten and washed her face; she says, 'I haven't done anything wrong.'
21 "There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot stand:
22 a servant who becomes a king, a foolish person who has plenty to eat,
23 a hated woman who gets married, and a maid who replaces her mistress.
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