Proverbs 30:18-19

18 There are four things that are too mysterious for me to understand:

19 an eagle flying in the sky, ¹ a snake moving on a rock, a ship finding its way over the sea, and a man and a woman falling in love.

Proverbs 30:18-19 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.

Cross References

• 1. +230.19Wisdom 5.10-12.