Proverbs 30:22-32

22 a servant who becomes a king, a foolish person who has plenty to eat,

23 a hated woman who gets married, and a maid who replaces her mistress.

24 "There are four things on earth that are small, but they are very wise:

25 Ants are not very strong, but they store up food in the summer.

26 Rock badgers are not very powerful, but they can live among the rocks.

27 Locusts have no king, but they all go forward in formation.

28 Lizards can be caught in the hand, but they are found even in kings' palaces.

29 "There are three things that strut proudly, really four that walk as if they were important:

30 a lion, the proudest animal, which is strong and runs from nothing,

31 a rooster, a male goat, and a king when his army is around him.

32 "If you have been foolish and proud, or if you have planned evil, shut your mouth.

Proverbs 30:22-32 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.