Proverbs 30:26-33

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

27 The locusts have no king, Yet they advance in ranks;

28 You can catch a lizard with your hands, Yet she is in kings' palaces.

29 "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:

30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

31 The greyhound, the male goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

32 "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, Or if you have thought evil, Put your hand over your mouth.

33 For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; So the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."

Proverbs 30:26-33 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.