Proverbs 30:21-31

21 For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

22 For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

23 For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:

25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

26 Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

27 A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

28 A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

29 Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:

30 An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

31 A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him.

Proverbs 30:21-31 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.