Proverbs 30:6-16

6 Do not add to his words, or he will correct you and prove you are a liar.
7 "I ask two things from you, Lord. Don't refuse me before I die.
8 Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don't make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.
9 If I have too much, I might reject you and say, 'I don't know the Lord.' If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.
10 "Do not say bad things about servants to their masters, or they will curse you, and you will suffer for it.
11 "Some people curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.
13 Some people have such a proud look! They look down on others.
14 Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.
15 "Greed has two daughters named 'Give' and 'Give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, really four that never say, 'I've had enough!':
16 the cemetery, the childless mother, the land that never gets enough rain, and fire that never says, 'I've had enough!'

Proverbs 30:6-16 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.

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