Proverbs 30:21

21 The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:

Proverbs 30:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 30:21

For three [things] the earth is disquieted
The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear;
they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.

Proverbs 30:21 In-Context

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

20 This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I've done nothing wrong."

21 The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:

22 a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

23 an unloved woman when she marries, and a serving girl when she ousts her lady.