Proverbs 30:20-30

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, "I have done no wickedness."

21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

22 for a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled with meat,

23 for an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

24 There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

25 the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

26 the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27 the locusts have no king, yet they go forth, all of them in ranks;

28 the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

29 There are three things which go well, yea, four which are comely in their goings:

30 a lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

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.