Proverbs 30:1-8

1 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh.

2 "I am the most stupid person there is, and I have no understanding.

3 I have not learned to be wise, and I don't know much about God, the Holy One.

4 Who has gone up to heaven and come back down? Who can hold the wind in his hand? Who can gather up the waters in his coat? Who has set in place the ends of the earth? What is his name or his son's name? Tell me, if you know!

5 "Every word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety.

6 Do not add to his words, or he will correct you and prove you are a liar.

7 "I ask two things from you, Lord. Don't refuse me before I die.

8 Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don't make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.

Proverbs 30:1-8 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.