Proverbs 30:11-14

11 “There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;

14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Proverbs 30:11-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 20:20
• 2. S Proverbs 16:2; Luke 18:11
• 3. Jeremiah 2:23,35
• 4. S 2 Samuel 22:28; S Job 41:34; Psalms 131:1; Proverbs 6:17
• 5. S Job 4:11; Job 29:17; S Psalms 3:7
• 6. Psalms 57:4
• 7. S Job 24:9; Psalms 14:4
• 8. Amos 8:4; Micah 2:2
• 9. S Job 19:22