Proverbs 30:25-33

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;

31 a greyhound, a hegoat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

32 If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the stirring of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Proverbs 30:25-33 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.