Proverbs 30:3-13

3 I have not learned enough wisdom to know the Holy One.

4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has cupped the wind in the palms of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

5 Every word of God's is pure; he shields those taking refuge in him.

6 Don't add anything to his words; or he will rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

7 [God,] I have asked two things of you; don't deny them to me as long as I live -

8 keep falsehood and futility far from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Yes, provide just the food I need today;

9 for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is ADONAI?"And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

10 Never disparage a slave to his master, or he will curse you, and you will deserve it.

11 There is a type of people who curse their fathers and don't bless their mothers.

12 There is a type of people clean in their own view, but not cleansed from their filth.

13 There is a type of people - how haughty their look! -utterly supercilious!

Proverbs 30:3-13 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.