Proverbs 30:20-30

20 "This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats. She wipes her mouth. Then she says, 'I haven't done anything wrong.'

21 "Under three things the earth shakes. Under four things it can't stand up.

22 The first is a servant who becomes a king. The second is a foolish person who is full of food.

23 The third is a woman who is married but not loved by her husband. And the fourth is a woman servant who takes the place of the woman she works for.

24 "Four things on earth are small. But they are very wise.

25 The first are ants. They aren't very strong. But they store up their food in the summer.

26 The second are rock badgers. They aren't very powerful. But they make their home among the rocks.

27 The third are locusts. They don't have a king. But they all march forward in ranks.

28 And the fourth are lizards. Your hand can catch them. But you will find them in kings' palaces.

29 "Three things walk as if they were kings. Four things move as kings do.

30 The first is a lion. It is mighty among the animals. It doesn't back away from anything.

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Proverbs 30:20-30 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

Proverbs 30:20-30

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Proverbs 30:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17