Proverbs 30:24-33

24 Four things on the earth are small; nevertheless, they are very wise -

25 the ants, a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

26 the coneys, a species with little power, yet they make their home in the rocks;

27 the locusts, who have no king, yet they all march out in ranks;

28 and the spiders, which you can catch in your hand, yet they are in the king's palace.

29 Three things are stately in their stride, four of stately gait

30 the lion, mightiest of beasts, which turns aside for none;

31 the greyhound, the billy-goat and the king when his army is with him.

32 If you have been boorish, exalting yourself, or if you have been scheming, lay your hand on your mouth.

33 For as pressing milk produces butter and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing out anger produces strife.

Proverbs 30:24-33 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.