Proverbs 30:25-33

25 ants - frail as they are, get plenty of food in for the winter;

26 marmots - vulnerable as they are, manage to arrange for rock-solid homes;

27 locusts - leaderless insects, yet they strip the field like an army regiment;

28 lizards - easy enough to catch, but they sneak past vigilant palace guards. Four Dignitaries

29 There are three solemn dignitaries, four that are impressive in their bearing -

30 a lion, king of the beasts, deferring to none;

31 a rooster, proud and strutting; a billy goat; a head of state in stately procession.

32 If you're dumb enough to call attention to yourself by offending people and making rude gestures,

33 Don't be surprised if someone bloodies your nose. Churned milk turns into butter; riled emotions turn into fist fights.

Proverbs 30:25-33 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.