Proverbs 30:1-6

The Words of Agur

1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

2 Surely I am more ¹stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man.

3 Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the ²knowledge of the Holy One.

4 Who has ³ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the ⁴wind in His fists? Who has ⁵wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has ⁶established all the ends of the earth? What is His ⁷name or His son's name? Surely you know!

5 Every ⁸word of God is tested; He is a ⁹shield to those who take refuge in Him.

6 ¹⁰Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.

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Proverbs 30:1-6 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

Cross References 10

1. Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Proverbs 12:1
2. Proverbs 9:10
3. Psalms 68:18; John 3:13; Ephesians 4:8
4. Exodus 15:10; Psalms 135:7
5. Job 26:8; Job 38:8, 9
6. Psalms 24:2; Isaiah 45:18
7. Revelation 19:12
8. Psalms 12:6; Psalms 18:30
9. Psalms 3:3; Psalms 84:11; Proverbs 2:7
10. Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "burden"
[b]. Lit "the"