Proverbs 30:19-29

19 The track of the eagle in the air; the track of the serpent upon the rock; the track of the ship in the midst of the sea; and the track of the man in the maid.

20 Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.

21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:

22 For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;

23 for a rejected woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

24 There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are wiser than the wise men:

25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food 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 all of them go forth by bands;

28 the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things which have a magnificent walk; yea, the fourth is stately in going:

Proverbs 30:19-29 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.